[mikhailfranco]

There needs to be a word like postjudice , meaning rational judgement after the fact of long-lived experience. To be sure, induction based on finite data is never proof, but it does reach some Bayesian threshold of likelihood, always accepting the possibility of a Hume-Taleb Black Swan .

For me, yoga is like golf. As activity, it seems to be interesting, challenging, disciplined and worthwhile. There's no easy path to success, and progress takes a lot of dedicated practice. I could imagine enjoying it, and I would be slightly afraid of doing it obsessively, to the detriment of people or activities that deserve my attention.

However, my postjudice is that yogis and golfers are always somewhere on the spectrum between smugness and narcissism. In the case of golf, there also seems to be a subtext of extreme competitiveness, that belies its bucolic environment. My view is reinforced with the ubiquitous attachment of both golf and yoga to Five Star Resorts in places like Oman, Sri Lanka or Bali.

The people who do the activity completely put me off attempting the thing itself.