The Revolt Against Trendy, Elitist, Overpriced Yoga

Here’s what you absolutely need to practice yoga: your body, some time, and a little floor space. A mat helps. The long list of things you don’t need, but have somehow been deemed essential, includes $100 yoga pants, New Age-y music, incense, a fancy, upscale studio setting, and a superstar, big-ego instructor whom you pay handsomely to order you around.