Male students less likely to attend yoga

EMMANUEL SAMOGLOU
LIFE REPORTER

Male students at Humber are failing to get the academic advantage yoga can provide, said one of the Athletic Centre’s yoga teachers.

Nathania Bron (left) and Maureen (Mo) Edey lead free yoga classes for students at Humber’s North Campus Athletic Centre. (By Emmanual Samoglou)

“Yoga is very good for keeping focus, and keeping your mind pointed on one single thing,” said Nathania Bron, yoga teacher and office co-ordinator with Humber’s North Campus Athletic Facilities.
“You can turn that to sport, homework, anything.”
She said men are notably missing.
“Females are dominant in my class,” said Bron. “Here in the Humber setting, you’re right outside a big weight room with all these tough guys, so maybe guys are a little scared to come in with all the girls rushing in.”
Fitness and health promotion instructor Pauline Becker agreed with Bron about yoga’s potential benefits in the classroom.
“It could help your ability to focus in class, your ability to deal with the stresses,” she said, adding yoga is more than stretching, fitness, and tight-fitting clothing, with its origins rooted in “mind-body wellness.”
Bryan Robinson, 24, a second-year fitness and health promotion student, attends Bron’s classes.
He said he’s aware most people look at yoga as a female activity.
“I get ragged on a little bit, but quite honestly, I don’t care what other people think,” he said.
Robinson said he’s willing to put up with some mocking, especially if it makes him sharper with his studies.
“Sky is the limit for the things it can do as far as focus and your performance in the classroom.”