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Farted in yoga class - so embarrassed!

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craycray431 · 28/05/2026 12:52

Ok I think the title says it all! I have been going to yoga for a few weeks and love it - but was a little too into it tonight and let one slip! sooo embarrassed. Please reassure me that others have done the same - or worse!
ALso - any advice on what food to avoid pre class to avoid this happening again? class is at 6:45 so I have a snack (not full evening meal) before going.

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Riapia · 28/05/2026 20:07

SoMentallyDrained · 28/05/2026 14:10

Many years ago I stopped going to yoga classes as I had an issue with wind from, errr, the front. I was so embarrassed one day that I left before the end of the class, reassuring myself that it was fine as I'd never see anyone from there again... until I married the instructor's son

Fortunately my fanny farts are mostly silent.

upinaballoon · 28/05/2026 21:58

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 28/05/2026 17:45

I woke myself up with my own snoring during the mediation once.

Definitely not unknown.

upinaballoon · 28/05/2026 22:01

My yoga teacher taught us not to eat within 3 hours of a class.

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HelpMeGetThrough · 28/05/2026 22:31

I put all this farting during exercise classes down to…… a healthy bowel.

well that’s what I tell myself after having a foot of it taken out!! 🤣

Dollymylove · 28/05/2026 23:08

Itsasecretnow · 28/05/2026 18:01

A bit off topic but when I was a kid I was having a sleepover at a friend's house. She farted so loud in her sleep she actually woke herself up quite startled 😂

This has happened to me on occasion. It seems to be just as you are dropping off to sleep and you fart yourself awake again 😅 it happened years ago on the first night I slept with my now DH. At least it broke the ice (and the bloody sound barrier) 🤣🤣

TofuTuesday · 28/05/2026 23:18

Blimey I’ve been doing yoga for three years in two different centres and never heard anyone fart.

Showdogworkingdog · 28/05/2026 23:50

Oh yes. I’m such a child, it always makes me giggle when someone slips one out in class. I sometimes have to clench really hard and poses like happy baby can be my undoing, so I just ease off until I’m out of the danger zone. If im feeling bloated I’ll take a peppermint oil before class because it’s uncomfortable contorting yourself into poses while simultaneously clenching your sphincter muscles for dear life. But usually, you can’t tell who it is so just look around wide eyed.
my favourite one was in a Pilates class once, we were on our backs lifting our legs and one older woman lost all control and let out a machine gun volley that bounced around the walls. If she’d done nothing everyone would’ve politely ignored it, but as soon as she said ‘oh do excuse me’ in her v posh voice the whole class pissed themselves.

SnowFrogJelly · 29/05/2026 00:29

🙄

Matsukaze · 29/05/2026 01:11

Could have been worse...could have snapped and farted...

FiveMetresUp · 29/05/2026 01:18

My son used to do Karate. We were early once and the hall was in darkness. I creeped in with DS walking like Scooby Doo, saying, “ooohhh… it’s dark….” Then this voice shouted, “Do you MIND? We’re trying to hold a yoga class in here!!!”. By which time my eyes had acclimatised to the darkness and I could see all these bodies on the floor doing their end of yoga meditation.

I would have rather I farted, to be honest.

Squirrel60 · 29/05/2026 10:58

I don't do yoga or anything similar at all, but don't worry about the farts. Anyone who objects has obviously never farted themselves!

I was hanging around in Morrisons once,
perusing the magazine aisle.
When I let off these gases that blew off my glasses,
and I passed out as the stink was so vile!

I was sat in a cafe some time ago,
eating a cream cake for starters.
When I stood up,
my arse did erupt,
and blew off this poor lady's garters!

If you need to blow, let it flow!

Itsasecretnow · 29/05/2026 11:59

Dollymylove · 28/05/2026 23:08

This has happened to me on occasion. It seems to be just as you are dropping off to sleep and you fart yourself awake again 😅 it happened years ago on the first night I slept with my now DH. At least it broke the ice (and the bloody sound barrier) 🤣🤣

😂😂😂 well at least you knew he was a keeper! Or he had no sense of smell 🤣

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