Folks, it’s fantastic to have hobbies, but it’s also important to understand there’s a time and place for those, and to be self-aware enough to know when you’re inconveniencing others. Along those lines, here’s the latest (and one of the most egregious) examples of someone doing yoga on a plane.
Influencer does insane moves in airplane aisles
A social media user named rosa.adventures took to both Instagram and TikTok to share a video of her doing yoga (and other things) in the narrow aisle of an aircraft. She captions the short video with the following:
Proof that my training is paying off. Whether I’m on land or 35,000 feet in the air, I can still go upside down, balance on one leg, and move my body with confidence!! Your body carries enough. Let it move.
I’m about as flexible as a steel rod, so I can’t even describe the moves she’s doing. Don’t get me wrong, they’re impressive, no doubt, and good on her for the extent to which she has trained herself. However…
This is reckless, inconsiderate, and attention seeking
Let’s start with the biggest issue here — this is just incredibly dangerous, and not just to her, but also to those around her. It’s really lovely to “balance on one leg, and move [your] body with confidence,” but are you trained to do that in the event that the plane hits an air pocket, and you suddenly go flying against the ceiling?
Guys, this isn’t the aisle of a private jet, or of some super spacious cabin (where I’d still find this to be ridiculous, but…). Instead, it’s the very tight back of the cabin of an Iberia Express Airbus A320-family aircraft. People are camped in there like sardines, and you can see the looks she’s getting. Most horrifying to me is that there’s a lap infant seated exactly where she is doing this yoga (on the right), so imagine if she accidentally rammed into the baby. If someone wants to endanger their own safety, whatever. But to do that to others without their consent is selfish, at best.
Then there’s of course the obnoxious influencer element to this. Do you really value movement on a plane, and insist on doing yoga? Fine… well, no, not fine, but let’s pretend it is fine for a moment. If this is such an authentic activity for you, you’re really going to take the time to set up a tripod, record yourself, and then remove it again? I can’t imagine that this lasted for more than 30 seconds before the crew promptly told her to immediately cease this behavior.
While I find this to be among the more egregious examples of “working out” onboard a plane, it’s certainly not the first or last time we’ll see this. For example, in late 2025, Diplo took to social media to show himself doing yoga in Emirates first class.
Bottom line
Exercise and movement are great, but there’s a time and place for everything. The crowded aisle of a narrow body plane right next to a lap infant is absolutely not the place to do a handstand, and to kick your foot back and forth, within inches of the faces of others.
It’s dismaying how little consideration people have for others, both in terms of looking out for their safety, and in terms of recognizing that just because we enjoy something, doesn’t mean that others will as well. I guess some people just can’t survive without attention… and I guess I’m guilty by giving them that, by writing about this?
Does anyone not find inflight yoga like this to be dangerous and inconsiderate?
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