# Too gassy for yoga? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726 "2003-08-21T17:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/1 "2003-08-21T17:34:38Z")
Two of my female friends (I’m male, just in case nobody saw this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=199214](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=199214) ) are talking about joining a yoga class in September, and I said I’d be interested in joining them, because I’ve wanted to take yoga for a long time. At this point they posited that I would probably get ladies galore if I was actually into the yoga and not just being an opportunistic cad. This brought to my mind the unfortunate image of me, an hour after dinner, in downward dog, trying my best (but failing) to hold in a squeaky fart. :eek: Anyone encountered farting problems in yoga class? It’s more the positions than my general gassiness that makes me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/2 "2003-08-21T18:02:33Z")
Yeah, I’d be “in harmony with nature” all right. What a nightmare scenario! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/3 "2003-08-21T18:12:53Z")
Farts Happen. Everyone has been there. Unless it is a shake the walls WMD kind of ripper, then I wouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/4 "2003-08-21T18:26:05Z")
Obviously this is the reason behind the controlled breathing. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/5 "2003-08-21T18:41:06Z")
Anybody else see that episode of Jackass where Knoxville goes to yoga class and lets them rip? Funny stuff. They actually put up with it well and didn’t laugh at him until after he left. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/6 "2003-08-21T19:21:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Debaser \* > \*\*Anybody else see that episode of Jackass where Knoxville goes to yoga class and lets them rip? Funny stuff. They actually put up with it well and didn’t laugh at him until after he left. \*\* One of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. I almost choked to death I was laughing so hard! (OK, so I’m not a candidate for the Algonquin Round Table) ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/7 "2003-08-21T19:23:40Z")
Beano helps with gas. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/8 "2003-08-21T19:25:37Z")
Suggestion - get a yoga for beginners video and try it at home a few times because YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/9 "2003-08-21T19:33:09Z")
Your Methane May Vary? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/10 "2003-08-21T19:57:34Z")
Thank you, **lieu**. I’ve taken yoga before, and yes, there were times when I was in some cranked up position where I really struggled not to pass gas. Sometimes I just quietly let it go. But only if I knew it wouldn’t be deadly, and only if I knew it would be quiet. Go for it, take the class. Don’t worry about your butt betraying you. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/11 "2003-08-21T20:13:45Z")
ROFL **scout**! At lunch (!) last week, a female co-worker told us about a oman in their yoga class who farts continually. She said that she couldn’t help laughing out loud at the poor woman. Sometimes, I’m pretty gaseous my own self. Never had a problem in yoga class, thankya jeebus. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/12 "2003-08-21T20:16:14Z")
“told us about a woman” ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-gassy-for-yoga/196726/13 "2003-08-21T20:19:25Z")
I’ve got to get that Jackass tape… I won’t let my neurotic fear of semi-public flatulence stop me from doing yoga, but I’m toying with the idea of getting some really tight biking shorts and lining them with plastic so they bulge if I fart. 😃