Isn’t that a cult?

Is there a small part of you, perhaps a nagging little voice that discourages you from starting a yoga practice?  Does that voice come from a place of fear about what other people might think if they saw you with your yoga mat?  Did you finally come out of the yoga closet at work only to have that weird guy from the third floor who definitely lives at home with his mom and still sleeps in a bunk bed ask you if yoga was a cult?

Well, I’ve found something more intriguing than yoga and would like to suggest some potential come-backs:

1. Oh, you thought this was a YOGA mat?  No way!  I just bring this so I can Prancercise in place.

2. Seriously?  Yoga?  You thought I did yoga?  I’m going to Prancercise my way to Hollywood!

3. Yoga is for hippies.  I’m all about Prancercise!

Since it is unlikely that Prancercise, although it is a real exercise system, is going to sweep the nation anytime soon, you will render your friends, co-workers and neighbors stunned.  Almost no one wants to admit that they are out of the loop, and, if they do ask you what Prancercise is just look them in the eye, let your mouth drop open and then whisper, “SERIOUSLY” while using your thumb and index finger on your forehead to make the L for LOSER sign and walk away.  Hey, why not PRANCE away?  Keep em’ guessing and then get back to your yoga practice in peace.

Namaste.