We have seen countless beautiful yoga tattoos on people. However, when it comes to the practice of yoga, you need to be very careful that your tattoo doesnt signify that you dont really understand what yoga is. Here in the west, countless people practice yoga for little other than reasons of vanity. They want nice arms or to lose some weight, or whatever. They have no idea what pranayama is, what ahimsa stands for, and cant close their eyes in meditation for more than 15 seconds without freaking out.
Here at yogatattoos.com we want to make sure that you dont fall into a common pitfall and get a yoga tattoo that screams, I have no idea what yoga even is. If youre obviously getting a tattoo for reasons of vanity, then you havent progressed very far in your yoga practice. Allow us to present three such tattoos so that you can get an idea of what not to do:
1. The following yoga tattoo is basically a tree coming out of the womans butt. The jargon for such a location is a tramp stamp. The reason for this is pretty much the only person who will see it is the guy behind you. The equal on a guy would be to get a tattoo near his nether regions. Think about a guy having an om symbol near his junk. Not a good idea is it? Neither is this:
2. The next bad yoga tattoo is basically the same thing, just a different design. Om is the sound of all things. Why have it right above your crack?
3. Our final tattoo of the day isnt really a yoga tattoo, its just a very glaring example of what not to do for obvious reasons.
Getting a tattoo that in some way symbolizes yoga is great. But please, this will be a lifelong piece of art on your body. Make sure you dont make a purely emotional decision. Really think through the design AND the location of where itll be going. Youll be glad you did in the long run. Namaste.
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