Yogic Flying

1. Eduo
   August 14th, 2007 at 5:22 am

   There is a trick... there must be. Otherwise I can't imagine how so many people would be able to do the whole scene without craking up and miss a step in a fit of laughter.

2. fluff
   August 14th, 2007 at 6:09 am

   Good luck with your knees a few years later. I guess just before surgery when the meds kick in you'll be flying though...

3. Tara
   August 14th, 2007 at 7:56 am

   Hahaha. This totally reminds me of the natural law party in Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada

4. Anita
   August 14th, 2007 at 10:30 am

   OMG, THEY'RE FLYING!

5. john
   August 14th, 2007 at 11:15 am

   its what the rest of the world calls hopping, except they're sitting cross-legged.

6. Solo
   August 14th, 2007 at 11:35 am

   Anita wins the thread! Thanks for the laugh!

7. Mike K.
   August 14th, 2007 at 12:05 pm

   Ah. Yogic flying...

   I haven't heard about that since the Natural Law Party of Canada advocated it back in the 90s.

   No. Seriously.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada

8. THor
   August 14th, 2007 at 12:19 pm

   LOL. There isn't one single girl in that group. No girl would be dumb enough to do that.

9. tiki187
   August 14th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

   I see... Flying, Eh? Ya. Oookay. Mmm...

10. omelet
    August 14th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Buns of Steel - advanced course

11. Simon
    August 14th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    I hope they wear cups...

12. Cyber
    August 14th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    They're so... majestic.

13. michael
    August 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    not sooo special, I do yoga for many years, I can do this too, and it has nothing to do with supernatural stuff, just with practicing for a while, no need for the knees when you can sit in a lotus..

14. Ali S.
    August 14th, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    So, finally the Yogis have harnessed the power of the elusive "Retarded Bunny Hop"

15. Suzanne
    August 14th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    If this is flying then Drew Carey is Mikhail Baryshnikov.

16. Paper
    August 14th, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    OMG my nuts are having sympathy pains!

17. furious d
    August 14th, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    I hope they're having lots of fun, because that's pretty much the most ridiculous thing I've every seen.

18. Tankslappa
    August 15th, 2007 at 7:04 am

    It's hardly what I'd call progress, I've been able to cover ground faster than this from the age of 2... I stood up.

19. munky
    August 15th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    That's jumping that is.

    It's also connected to that whole 'if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their ass when they jump...' thing...

    Flying?
    My arse...

20. Jan
    August 16th, 2007 at 5:28 am

    "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

21. me
    January 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    “All bullshit passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being bullshit.” - me

22. me too
    February 6th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Folks - suspending disbilief for a while, you need to notice:
    (a) doing this actively in a group in this coordinated fashion is next to impossible - unless they practice this for years!
    (b) none of them seem to be exerting themselves to jump - look at their posture at the time of take off
    (c) the jump is quite high - so attempting to do this purely physically and for such a distance would be really exhausting. They don't look tired to me.
    (d) TM guys themselves say that "hopping" is stage 1 -stage 2 and 3 are what they are after. Of which a video might be much more interesting.
    (e) I have experienced uncontrollable surges of energy when you do some yoga practices - none of them involved jumping, but I can imagine if the same energy gets coordinated directionally, it could make you jump!
    So yes - it does look incredible and pointless, but I wouldn't write it off simply because I have never experienced it myself. Though the bullshit quote is hilarious )

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