Ganja Yoga – Exercise or an Excuse to get High?

The newest craze in Toronto, Canada is ganja yoga. About a dozen yoga enthusiasts gather to smoke marijuana and then do yoga. Dee Dussault, who runs the sessions from her home, nicknamed ‘Follow Your Bliss’, say “When you’re high, you can focus on your breath”. Ganja yoga follows other new trends in yoga, such as ‘hot yoga’. ‘circus yoga’ and ‘hip-hop yoga’.

Dussault adds that there are benefits to smoking cannabis before doing yoga. “For some people, it makes them uninhibited and open to the idea of the heart chakra, for example.” Chakras are part of Indian medicine. Typically, many ‘gurus’ focus on seven chakras, parts of the body that affect your overall health and well being, including spiritually as well as physical. The Heart Chakra Dussault refers to is also known as the Anahata and influences the thymus and immune system, along with blood circulation and emotions of love and romance.

Marijuana s gaining in popularity as more U.S. states legalize it for medicinal purposes. A study by McGill University shows that smoking cannabis does help significantly in dealing with chronic pain. But not everyone is in agreement with combining pot with yoga. Monica Voss, also a Toronto-based yoga instructor with 30 years of experience, thinks it could be dangerous. “Some people might not be aware of their body when they’re high and maybe they would injure themselves.” (MORE)

Source: Rightjuris.com