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No Pain, No Gain? Why This Mantra Doesn’t Belong in Yoga

No Pain, No Gain? Why This Mantra Doesn’t Belong in Yoga

When looking for an image to use with this blog post, I found a No Pain No Pain t-shirt. And, then I read the sales description of the shirt: “A cute and cool saying on a tee when you are lazy and do not work hard and tell yourself that at least you will feel no pain.”

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