Neither do I like the tone of the parent comment, and neither have I went to the meditation lessons, so I am not an expert, but: >> In the west, yoga and medit

Neither do I like the tone of the parent comment, and neither have I went to the meditation lessons, so I am not an expert, but: >> In the west, yoga and meditation mean something other than what they mean, in other cultures and time periods. That's perfectly fine. You know, in real life we take care of our children because they will never know better if we don't teach them something at the right time. So often it's actually beneficial for someone to push you in order for you to understand the finer things in life. In my stretch class it would probably take me a few months to reach a split if my teacher wouldn't just push me (by pushing I mean literally - physically push my legs apart). Because I was afraid I would tear something apart - be he otherwise knew it wasn't as unsafe as I've thought. So... Yeah. Make sure you've got a good teacher before you start. Because most of them generally do not care at all.