Let’s look at the second list again:

November 12th, 2008

Ingredients: Water, Sesame Seed Oil, Cetearyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Acetylated Lanolin, Polysorbate 60, Panthenol, Dipotassium Phosphate, Dimethicone, DMDM Hydantoin, Fragrance, Disodium EDTA, Tocopherol, Allantoin, Propylene Glycol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Yellow 5, R ed 4.

You don’t have to disrupt the flow of the class to do so; sometimes all it takes is one well-timed question or a single quotation at the right moment. For example, if you see some students striving too hard while others are hardly striving, you might say to the class, “Yoga teaches us the middle way. If we work too hard, we burn ourselves up, and cannot manifest our dharma.

 

Any chemicals or ingredients you recognize?  I see: Water, Acetylated Lanolin, Fragrance, Disodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, and the color pigments: Yellow 5 and the very toxic Red 4.  Underline each of them and look at where these ingredients are located.

If we work too little, we stagnate, and cannot manifest our dharma either.” Use your life experiences to inspire your students to open their minds, break their habits, and search for their life’s purpose. It is not enough to loosen tight muscles — our job is to loosen constricting thoughts and stifling beliefs as well.

 

This product is largely composed of water and oil – not particularly bad for you, but this is supposed to be a hand cream.  Do you think this will effectively moisturize your skin?

If asking such questions of your students makes you feel uncomfortable, then perhaps it’s your turn to ponder a question: “Do I just want to teach asana, or is it my dharma to be a true teacher of yoga?” Either answer is acceptable, but it’s good to know.

 

The location of lanolin also lets you know that this product will probably do one thing: clog your pores.  With the addition of Fragrance, EDTA, Propylene Glycol, and toxic pigments, even though these ingredients are listed last, I’d say this product is worse than the first. 

Start each class with a time of quiet reflection, thus giving your students a rare opportunity to become introspective and receptive to deeper sources. As they become still, tell them, “Move your mental energy into your Heart Center and look inside yourself.

 

Comments are closed.