Comments | whipslave20: Good Touching... and Bad Touching (sort of)

whipslave20

Good Touching... and Bad Touching (sort of)

Sep 23, 2009 22:14

It has been said that when it comes to being touched, I react like a cat.

In general being tactile is good for me. When playing, when cuddling, touching really suits me.

Today, however, it didn't.
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Yogically speaking, says Mitzi anonymous September 23 2009, 21:27:53 UTC

There are many kinds of yoga, and most of them are impossible to get right the first time. Especially when they lack clear instruction and rely on mistranslated gobbledegook. My favourite instruction in my first serious attept at yoga was "keep the throat soft". Gradually I worked out this meant you have to stay as relaxed as possible and not tense up, especially in your breathing ( ... )

Re: Yogically speaking, says Mitzi whipslave20 September 24 2009, 12:32:12 UTC

Wow! A response that is longer than the original post I think.

I will have to use the word "hapticity" more often.

Also I don't care for the try hard eastern stuff. I have said "Namaste" to my Hindu friends from time to time, but I'm pretty sure the instructor was not Hindu given that she was a white woman named Shirley. It felt odd being one white person being asked to say Namaste to another white person.

mistress_jadis September 25 2009, 05:30:19 UTC

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Don't give up on yoga it can be great. The classes are VERY different though..some instructors/styles work for me others very NOT.

The instructor should have been more aware that different people have different personal boundaries. One would think that would be a given.. but apparently no..

whipslave20 September 26 2009, 14:00:44 UTC

Nobody else seemed to mind the touchyness of the instructor. I was the only time I've been touched at the gym. I would have thought it was apparent from my reactions that I wasn't keen on her tactile inclinations.

anonymous September 25 2009, 13:56:36 UTC

You displayed a little more patience than I would have, I suspect. Massage therapists not withstanding, I hate being touched in any capacity by someone I don't know. It's a 'thing' of mine I've never been able to shake.

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whipslave20 September 26 2009, 14:02:56 UTC

I don't even care for massage. People are often surprised at that, but it's not relaxing to me.