Namaste, Sting
Yogis attending class at Downward Dog studio in Toronto got a surprise visit from Sting earlier this week. The musician, in town for the Police reunion tour, dropped into class a few hours before Monday's gig. "Everyone was quiet for a minute when Sting walked in, and then it just calmed down," says Leigh Anne Dunn, who has practiced yoga at the studio for five years. Has a celebrity ever attended one of your yoga classes? Was it a distraction? Inspiring? Energizing? Annoying?
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Comments
It would be so awesome to do yoga with Sting, but I guess the Sting music my favorite teacher plays sometimes will have to suffice ...
Posted by: Shannon | July 28, 2007 04:08 AM
Wow. I'm such a big fan of Sting. What a treat to have him in class. I imagine this would be a good test of my yoga concentration.
Posted by: Rebecca | August 1, 2007 12:47 AM
Probably less distracting than when Jesse Jackson popped his head into a class I attended a few years ago (his son was in the class). We all fell out of headstand.
Posted by: H. V. Cramond | August 3, 2007 07:47 PM
Ryan Seacrest was in a Bikram class I attended.
Sort of underwhelming, I must admit, especially since I didn't even recognize him!
Posted by: Eva | August 5, 2007 09:35 PM
I had Julia Roberts in a class at Spa Ojai. She was late and noisy coming in, but was actually a very good student because she is trained to take direction and follows directions meticulously. She also seems very responsive to non-verbal communication. It was cool!
Posted by: Zan Ferris | August 22, 2007 01:11 AM
Leann Rimes and her husband took a class I was in one Saturday. Her husband is very buff, very gorgeous and very good at yoga! She seemed much skinnier and ganglier in person but also very much a normal person.
Posted by: Shana | August 22, 2007 03:45 AM
A few years ago while waiting for our instructor to arrive, Christy Turlington sat in for the instructor! Very cool, she is beautiful and an amazing yogi!
Posted by: AJ | August 22, 2007 04:46 PM
I attended Sting's concert after his visit to Down Dog - my studio of choice in Toronto. Check out my blog on the experience (inlcuding pictures!) at http://pranalife.typepad.com/pranalife_yoga/2007/07/topping-the-lis.html
Posted by: Asia Nelson | August 25, 2007 03:46 AM
When I worked at a yoga center in France, a famous British movie star took an Ashtanga class. One of the students came out of class to ask me if the movie star was indeed who she was.
I told the student to relax and go back to her yoga practice. The poor thing couldn't help herself; periodically she came out of class to gasp about how much she loved the actress' movies.
Another time, when I replaced Gurmukh's pre-natal yoga class in Los Angeles, a big-time American actress walked into the yoga studio with a smile, which changed into a frown the moment she saw me and it stayed on her face throughout the entire class. Yikes!
Posted by: Dya Englert | August 31, 2007 12:15 PM
I teach a yoga class at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix. I had in my class Laura Bush and her girls Barbara and Jena,and may secret service arround. This was the morning of the last political devate before Mr Bush was re-elected.
Posted by: Ana Rinderer | September 7, 2007 09:30 PM