Does yoga make you fart?

[Gooseman]

I heard that due to the stretching while doing yoga, a lot of people fart. Has this ever happened to you or have you been in a yoga class where someone accidentally ripped one?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I’ve farted in yoga more than a few times and a few of my friends have too. Pretty much all of the girls in my regular yoga class have farted during it at some point or another. I’m pretty farty in that I’m gassy and the smallest stretch causes me to pass all the gas I can’t even touch my toes without farting. My friend is the same way, she farts all the time. We used to make a game back in high school of getting boys to pull our fingers and then intentionally farting and laughing at their reactions (usually they were impressed and dumbfounded, often they were disgusted). We were in the middle of a yoga class and all of the girls were pooping off, it was like fart after fart. Some of them were loud, too. It was just grunt, fart, sigh after grunt, fart, sigh, each girl contributing her own unique sound and scent to the room. Nobody was laughing or reacting because this much was common place. Even though I found it hilariously funny whenever one of the other girls ripped a fart, I would hold in my laughter as to not ruin the atmosphere. As I was trying not to laugh when the other girls were farting, my friend made eye contact and also started holding in laughter. The laughing caused us both to fart simultaneously, and our farts were loud. It must have lasted twenty seconds, and our farts went up and down in intensity, tone, pitch, wetness/dryness with our laughter. The other girls started laughing and then the yoga instructor laughed too. I’m fairly certain I heard a few of the other girls fart while they cracked up. It was probably the most natural, indulgent thing I’ve ever been a part of. It was just so female, you know what I mean?

[Anonymous]

Some yoga instructors would argue that if you aren't farting, you aren't practicing yoga correctionly. I'd advise against letting all of your gas lose in a classroom setting though. Out door yoga, go for it.

[Gooseman]

Are you an instructor or have you been in a farting class?

[unlucky555]

Farting class? Is this real?

[Gooseman]

Class full of farting

[YourFutureEx]

Yoga refreshes your body (excretory and digestive system) that's why these harmful gases vent easily helping your body to be in healthy state. It's good.

[Klaatu51]

if you're about to far and you're practicing yoga meanwhile... then yoga has nothing to do with it obviously :-P

[douride2]

Yea it's the main reason I no longer do yoga.

[Gooseman]

Your butt let you down a few times?

[Anonymous]

Life makes you fart.