I used to lead Silver Sneakers classes at a gym. There were a few formats that the gym and Silver Sneakers collaborated on to cover strength, cardio, and mobility, and I taught most of them. From day one in taking over the classes, I always talked about how yoga would be a great benefit to their overall physical health and blah blah blah.
Mind you, I fucking love yoga. I would wax poetic about it.
One day, I walked in on a conversation my clients were having while waiting for me to arrive. One of them was having car trouble and each of the others were offering advice on how to deal with it. Then someone out of the blue asked,
“Have you tried yoga?”
I and everyone else just about died laughing. Very clever, Ms. Client; I know now that you’re all actually listening. And I became aware of how I sound talking about yoga as much as I did. Still, I thought it was hilarious.
War and Peas captures this nicely:
