Compass Pose: The Yoga as Performance Training Myth

Why Modern Yoga is not fixing your body's ailments or improving Performance

I was first introduced to Yoga by a friend in the early 2000’s who was very much into a deep practice of the art. He made so many claims about it and I was very resistant to believing it an unwilling to be open to the possibilities.

Over the years I saw everyone from actors to some of my favorite athletes begin to adopt Yoga practice, touting more flexi…