1. Do you think it makes any difference whether you use the Indian names for
poses and say Indian stuff like 'Namaste' and 'Shanti, Shanti, Shanti'?

2. What would be your recommendation for your average garden variety
neurotic to slow down and get a bit of yoga practice (in any way, shame or
form) into the day...Starting from nothing, going to something?

3. What effect do you think consuming meat has on a yogic way of life?  What
about alcohol, what about caffeine...what about really good coke?!
(Questions by Leonie Baroney)

Doctor Qu'ak speaks:
1. With the Indian names, maybe it really matters,
maybe not. The western words are direct translations,
of course, so it makes sense to me to imagine a mountain
because that's it's name and the pose looks like a mountain...
(keep in mind, Australians are notoriously bad at languages
and most Aussie yoga teachers use the Indian names poorly!).
The use of namaste and Shanti is pretty wankerish-try-hard
to my mind, because it seems Copying rather than Being.
I'm not Indian so I don't have to act like an Indian.
Maybe I could use English words for the same thing. 
Maybe I'm too cynical here.
2. Either sitting down, doing slow deep breathing for 5 mins,
or standing - slowly reach up and back stretch, then
reach over towards toes stretch, then back up again, then
back down again - 5 mins - slow, gentle, relaxed, good breathing.
3. A Yogic way of life goes the way it needs to go,
at the right pace. Meat-eating remains as long as the body
still understands it and is in accord with it.
Once that ends, there will be no need for meat eating.
Alcohol, drugs, coke - none of these will be relevant
once one enters a true yogic state...in the meantime,
they are merely distractions, stimulants, and amusements.