I was talking to my friend and fellow yoga instructor the other day and we discussed a highly troubling topic: public toots. It's particularly common in yoga because you are A. relaxed, B. focused on other things, C. twisting and getting those juices flowing, and/or C. working different muscles that can cause a little blippy to get out. Farts are embarrassing hands down, but in a quiet yoga room they practically echo off the walls. You feel like you've not only made a fool of yourself but that you've also disturbed everyone else's zen they have going on with your not-so-zen rip. You then proceed to drag your heel across your mat or move your legs around to try to recreate a fart noise--oh, yeah! That could have been it! It was my hand on the floor or my legs rubbing together, not my buttcheeks!--but you still know, you sounded the backdoor trumpet. I'm here to say it's OK. That pants puffer is not the end of the world. Laugh it off or scootchie around trying to make other noises that could cover your foofer--whatever you've got to do. It's all good.