FAQ

I don’t get it.

Namaste: (say “nah-mah-stay”) Literally, “I bow to you,” often used at the end of a yoga class, the instructor and pupils bow to each other, prayer hands at solar plexus. Often translated to evoke the spirit of: “The divine in me recognizes and honors the divine in you.” Very inclusive.

Motherfucker: Numerous definitions and origins. We never mean it literally.

Namaste Motherfucker: “The divine in me recognizes and honors the divine in you, but you don’t have to get all up in my grill.”

How dare you sully the yogic spirit with such profanity?!

Here’s the thing: Human beings are complex and multifaceted.

It is unrealistic to think that any one of us is ONLY a yogi(ni), complete with all the stereotypes that conjures, just because we enjoy the many and various benefits of yoga. To the same end, it’s unrealistic to think that folks who use profanity aren’t also good and loving people.

We are all made up of many things, we each identify with a range of experience and tastes, we each have the capacity to embody it all, and we can have senses of humor about it, too.

Do you just hate yoga?

On the contrary, I love yoga! Love it!

But, to quote a friend, “I go to yoga class to do yoga, not to listen to new age music, not to look at near-naked guys’ packages, not to do ten ‘om’s.” Also, I don’t particularly want to hear about the leftist politics of some instructors (even if I agree), or do partners yoga unless previously warned. I am totally pro a progressive community, but I think it can be kept out of the yoga studio, where I just want to do my yoga and go about my business.

I also think yoga is very challenging, physically, and I don’t think it’s wrong to say so out loud.

What’s your point?

Baba Hari Dass defines yoga as “Union; higher consciousness; the practices of liberation.”

The union of mind and body, head and heart, me and you… that whole ‘we are all one’ thing. It’s only liberating if we rise above the trappings and the stereotypes that The Yoga Community fosters.

Honestly, I don’t want to be the kind of yoga practitioner that makes people not want to do yoga. Can we all agree just to chill?

Dude, what’s with all the swearing?

What the fuck do you care?

Who the hell do you think you are?

I’m a woman in my mid-thirties who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in a very new age household and was taught tolerance and unconditional love.

When do I get my merch?

We send your stuff via the good ol’ United States Postal Service, First Class Mail.

Should take 4-7 days to arrive, depending on whether we’ve got your order in stock, and if we make it to the Post Office the day after you order (which we usually do).

Can I get it faster?

Maybe we’re old-fashioned, but we still think the good ol’ U.S. Postal Service is the way to go, so we can certainly upgrade you to Priority Mail. Or, if you have a FedEx or UPS account number to which you’d like to charge the shipping, we will be happy to ship to arrive by a certain date, if at all possible. How’s about you email us at orders@namastemofo.com, and we’ll work something out.

How/where are the shirts printed?

Our friends at Lucky Mule Design (www.luckymule.com) lovingly silkscreen each and every shirt at their shop in Oakland, CA. Like we always say, Think globally, print locally.

We also say Support Your Friends. Idiot or Genius? up in Portland, OR are our friends. They’re on board now, as well.

Can I return it?

If the size you’ve ordered isn’t working for you, or we’ve inadvertently sent you the wrong shirt, we are happy to make things right. Just send an email to orders@namastemofo.com, and we’ll get you taken care of.

Please be kind when you tell us we’ve effed up, though. Karma’s a bitch.

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