i have tried to walk in the store, god knows i've tried, but i usually end up frustrated by the crowds or the sizing or the ridiculous pricing. $98 for fucking yoga pants? are you kidding me? do you know what i could buy for that elsewhere? nevermind. it's all about the label.
so my water bottle...it's one of those aluminium ones: - "the pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness
- "friends are more important than money"
- "jealousy works the opposite way you want it to"
but there are sayings on there which make me scratch my head.
i had read an article in chatelaine a few years ago that suggested that lulu was more of a cult, that they'd send their employees to seminars where a type of brainwashing would occur where everyone would be mindlessly nodding and agreeing with the dogma preached to them all day at these events.
here are a few links:
http://www.yogalila.com/2006/08/looking_closer_.html
http://www.landmarkeducation.com/
(i am having some difficulty finding the original article and the links posted in "yogalila" are outdated, but the subject was utterly fascinating)
anyway, i was reading the water bottle closely the day after receiving it and noticed that they are really preaching some kind of frame of mind, almost like a dogma that is a bit offensive. hey, i believe there is nothing wrong with positive affirmations and i think most of us need to surround ourselves with it more often, rather than reverting to the automatic negative thought patterns, but there are certain things that set off bells and offended me, perhaps because i had read that chatelaine article and was puzzled by it...maybe i'm more skeptical about the message that lulu is trying to express. perhaps it is more nefarious than benign...
- write down your short and long-term GOALS four times a year. 2 personal, 2 business, 2 health goals for the next 1, 5, and 10 years. goal setting triggers your subconscious computer. [makes me wonder what THEY are trying to trigger in my subconscious computer...of course that is my inner skeptic speaking]
- children are the orgasm of life. just like you did not know what an orgasm was before you had one, nature does not let you know how great children are until you actually have them. [WTF? ok, i get that most people say the exact same thing, but really? should i go and reproduce to experience this type of "orgasm"? no thanks.]
- live near the ocean and inhale the pure salt air that flows over the water, vancouver will do nicely. [ok, yes, YVR is a lovely place to be, but are they fucking kidding me?]
maybe i'm just overly sensitive and my inner conspiracy theorist is working overtime, but i think that lulu's message isnt quite as benign as they like to pretend. i think at first glance all of the messages are harmless, but there is a bad taste that is left in my mouth after reading it. like i'm not quite good enough because i'm not practicing yoga daily (and yes, they suggest that on this bottle, too). what, my 7 high-intensity exercise classes arent quite good enough for my longevity because it's not yoga or i'm doing it in my favourite reebok shorts? i'm still sweating and stretching and raising my heart rate...what more do you want, ffs?
if you want to go ahead and spend oodles of money on yoga pants, i wont begrudge you. who knows, perhaps they are comfortable? i cant say. i always get put off before i reach the change room staging area and i usually turn on my heel and skulk out of the store, shaking my head and wondering why it was i went in there. even now i ask myself why it is i go because i know the crowds, the prices, and the overly pretentious atmosphere is so off-putting that i cant justify pulling out my debit card and spending 20% of my paycheque on 2 items of clothing, trendy or not.
consider me cult-less.
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