How to Handle a Fart in Yoga Class

It happens to almost every yoga practitioner at some point: You're contorting yourself into a pose when you let one rip. Here's what to do next -- and how to help prevent future flatulence.

To complete this how-to, you will need:

Preemptive farts
Poker face
Cough, sneeze, or exhale
Scapegoat
Wind-relieving pose
Class with dogs (optional)

Step 1: Pre-emptive farts

Before yoga class, do a few pre-emptive farts by practicing poses that tend to stimulate them -- like extended knee to nose and locust.

Step 2: Ignore it

Didn't get all the gas out? If one escapes during class, simply ignore it. Passing gas is extremely common with yoga. In fact, odds are at least one other person will toot before the class is over -- and you can be assured most everyone else is trying to suppress one.

Step 3: Cover it up

If you react fast enough, try covering it up with a hacking cough, a vigorous sneeze, or a loud exhale.

Step 4: Blame someone else

Throw the person nearest you under the bus by pretending the fart came from them. This can easily be achieved by turning to them and saying loudly, "_Don't worry about it! It happens to everyone_."

Attend a yoga class that allows dogs so you can blame your fart on the nearest animal.

Step 5: Practice wind-relieving pose

If flatulence is a problem outside yoga class as well, practice the wind-relieving pose in private -- designed to do exactly what it says. Then, give some thought as to whether or not fitness classes in enclosed spaces are right for you.

The average person farts about 14 times a day.

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[cplover12321]

Howcast is getting fucked up

[lawquiet314]

Hold it in and bust a vein or let it out and be ashamed.

[danagamer]

so hot chicks actually fart??

[DeeWeext]

14 times a day?! Whos dragging us that high?

[LeinadNesterbegne]

diareah

[purplePopsicle10]

why am i watching this?

[purplePopsicle10]

@VTC1000HP lol good point

[TechnoGenius111010]

only 14 times?

[nextblain]

step 1: do yoga at home...

[morikahjo]

@hyperstone6 I dunno...but I once was rooming with a girl who was very tiny! But her farts were like the ATOMIC BOMB! I nearly died....it's funny how it works out.

[MultiVietMinh]

p-p-p-p-poker face

[wildboyintraining]

@hyperstone6 they made that already