'She needs to nama-stay on her side': Karen hosts yoga classes in neighbor’s backyard, calls him ‘territorial’ when he asks her to stop

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Isabella Penn
Oct 26, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

A few months back, a woman's next-door neighbor, Karen, decided to start teaching yoga classes in her backyard. At first, it seemed harmless enough—just a few mats by the fence. But soon, the "backyard" yoga sessions started creeping over into her neighbor's lawn. Before long, Karen's entire group of yogis was taking over half of her neighbor's yard every Saturday morning. When the neighbor politely asked Karen to keep her classes to her own side, Karen just laughed, saying, "It's all one big green space anyway!" The neighbor had kept his peace until last weekend, when Karen's group decided to bring incense, turning the whole yard into a meditation retreat just as the neighbor was trying to grill. When asked once more to keep to her own space, Karen labeled the neighbor as "territorial" and suggested they should embrace the "community vibe." I think we all know where this one is headed. 

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    r/AmlOverreacting • 1 Classic-Region-9240 AIO for asking my neighbor to stop holding her yoga classes in my backyard?
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    So, a few months ago, my next- door neighbor, Karen, started teaching yoga classes in her backyard. No big deal, right? Except, her “backyard" has slowly started to spill over into my backyard. At first, it was just a
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    mat or two near the fence, but now her whole group of yogis basically takes over half of my lawn every Saturday morning. One day, I look out the window, and they've set up an entire
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    speaker system blasting calming nature sounds and "healing frequencies," all while I'm trying to enjoy my coffee in peace. I politely asked her if she could keep her classes to her own side of the fence, and she just
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    laughed, saying, "Oh, it's all one big green space anyway!" The kicker? Last weekend, they brought out incense, and suddenly my backyard smelled like a meditation retreat while
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    I'm trying to grill burgers. I asked her, again, to maybe shift the class back into her own yard. She told me I was being too territorial about "shared nature" and should appreciate the community vibe.
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    So, am I overreacting for wanting to reclaim my own yard, or is Karen taking "namaste" a bit too far?
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    • EdwinaArkie 18h ago Not overreacting. Tell her you would like to speak to her business insurance agent to see if it covers. accidents that happen in your yard.
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    This whole thing is a liability for you and I bet she's running an unlicensed and uninsured business in a residential zone. If someone trips or anything like that they could sue you.
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    • emryldmyst 19h ago Start turning on the sprinkler on those mornings.
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    • hissyfit64 17h ago Embarrass her in front of her class. Wait until the class has started and then go out and say (be super polite to make her look more like a j), "I hate to interrupt your class, but I've told your instructor repeatedly that I don't want
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    it held in my back yard. Could you please move back into her yard? Thank you". If you yell or are abrupt you'll look like a but if you are calm and polite, she will.
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    • SeaworthinessBig 8083 18h ago You have many choices here... • Tell her it isn't shared space it is your backyard, she didn't ask and even if she does you are clearly not okay with it and as a yogi she should respect your wishes. But here are some potential outcomes if she decides to ignore your wishes...
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    1. I will call the cops on you all for trespassing. 2. I will setup a speaker system and blare heavy metal or random noise designed to destroy any peaceful environment you have going (maybe don't go nuclear here, this could backfire on you too)
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    3. I will start imposing myself on my yard on the trespassers, this will include getting up close and asking them to leave, if they refuse to do so, they will be sprayed with a hose until they leave.
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    SouthernChubby • 18h ago NOR. She needs to nama-stay on her side.
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    IWasOnTimeOnce ⚫ • 18h ago Oh wow. Definitely not overreacting. "One big green space" is for public parks, which is where she should move her little class if it's outgrown her lawn. You have property lines, divided here with a fence, and her guests are trespassers.
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    You have tried to be polite, so the next step may need to be a formal letter or calling the police to report trespassing. Or you could dissuade the "hoppers" by standing at the fence with a garden hose, or sending your dogs outside for the duration (if you have them, maybe they will bark the whole time and leave "presents" along the fence line).
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