Let’s look at the first product in detail :

November 12th, 2008

Ingredients: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocamindopropyl Betaine, Cocamide Dea, Sodium C hloride, Fragrance, Citric Acid, Bensophenone-4, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Red 40, Red 33, Yellow 5, Blue 1.

Ideally, ask questions when your student are sitting quietly. The beginning of class is an auspicious time, or after Shirshasana, Sarvangasana, or whenever your students are sitting and feeling the effects of the pose just completed. Of course, a perfect time is at the end of class during Shavasana - when the mind is quiet and the heart is being explored.

 

Do you recognize any chemicals that make this product bad?  I see: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Fragrance, and the color pigments: Red 40, Red 33, Yellow 5, Blue 1.  Underline each of them and look at where these ingredients are located.

Many commonly held notions do not serve our quest for dharma, and in fact run contrary to the journey of self-exploration that is yoga. For example, we believe that “being number one” will make us happier, but is this so?

 

This product is largely composed of Water and Sodium Laureth Sulfate.  The location of fragrance as only the 5  ingredient is worrisome as well.  Remember that Fragrance canth really mean over 2,000 different chemicals.  As the 5 ingredient the concentration won’t  th be huge, but still more than I would be comfortable with.  Once you add all this together you can easily see that even though the ingredient list is short and sweet looking, it’s really disguising a cheap, harmful product.

We believe that the acquisition of things defines success, but is this so? I encourage you to ask deep questions and weave yogic philosophy into the fabric of your class. Ask people to question these often harmful assumptions foisted upon them by unscrupulous advertisers and well-meaning family members.  

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