Yogaland Podcast

If you practiced yoga in the 90s, you know… it was different.Chapters:00:00 Intro & why we’re talking about 90s yoga04:03 Andrea’s first yoga class (and the clown car moment)11:54 Jason’s first yoga class in college25:11 Quirky studios, circus neighbors & wild props31:26 What’s changed for better and worseBefore it was in every gym, before online classes, before Lululemon — yoga in the U.S. was a quirky subculture you had to seek out. In this episode of Yoga-ish, we share our funniest, weirdest, and most heartfelt memories from our early years of practice: • Renting rooms in funky parts of town with circus performers as neighbors • The original paper-thin blue and green mats that never got cleaned • Heavy wooden props that could double as furniture • Our first teachers — from deeply traditional to delightfully eccentric • How yoga felt before it became mainstream, and what’s changed (for better and worse)Whether you started in the 70s, 90s, or just last week, this is a love letter to yoga’s evolu