Method Yoga

There is no such thing as "originality" in Los Angeles.  Everything is a derivative of something else, which was once a simulation of a copy of an original take of a concept many years prior.  For example, "The Big H" is nothing new. It's not the first single panel cartoon, nor the first about Hollywood, nor a combo of cartoon and editorial.  Yet, that's what I love about L.A. -- one really can get away with just about anything.  It doesn't have to be original.... just "creative" enough to spark an interest.

Yoga is monster in these parts.  The old adage "throw a rock, hit an actor" has been supplanted with "throw a rock, hit a yoga instructor".  Of course, many of these yoga people (I speak of them as a cult, which is completely intentional) are ALSO actors, which got me to thinking: most everything in this town is PBCed (a combo of two things that go together, like a peanut butter cup), so why not "yoga" and "method acting"?

It's perfect... just like those damn Reese's ads suggest.

"Drama" already exists within many yoga studios.  "Method Yoga" shall control that drama, and mold it into a controlled discipline concurrent with the art of yoga, whether it be Iyengar, Hatha, Bikram, or Yoda (that last one made up I did... but lots of money it would make, hmmmmm?!!).  Every actor within striking distance of the studio would blindly sign on the line that is dotted, if only to add it to their entertainment resume -- Meisner, Stanislavski, Alexander Technique, and Method Yoga!

It would be an emotional bunch, for certain.  Equal amounts of sweat and tears.  Each pose would be preceded with a sense memory or a moment before, so each position would hold as much emotional weight as it does physical stress.  Practitioners would break down in tears as they hold their Warrior 2, or emotionally dissolve as their Crow Pose collapses. Yet, at the end of the session, they feel completely refreshed, new and alive! Their mind is clear. Their emotional baggage, unloaded.

In disguise, Method Yoga is less yoga/acting as it is yoga/mental therapy.... and THAT'S why it'll succeed.  For not only does it combine two things many Angelinos enjoy, yoga and acting,  but sneaks in a third requirement for living in Los Angeles -- psychotherapy.