Hi dear ones, I just signed up for my first YTT. My school/teachers have a strong focus on being vegan or at least vegetarian as part of a lifestyle that implements yogic wisdom. We‘re required to read a book on yoga and veganism in preparation for example. I think they see it as the implementation of ahimsa (non-violence). I am generally okay with this, even though I have struggled to become vegan and exactly at the moment have a very much non-vegan period, where I also eat fish about once a month. I wonder whether veganism/vegetarianism is generally a thing for most of you that intensely practice yoga, or whether this is just my school (and also, the influence of the big hipster city I live in where everyone is vegan). Also, if yes, do you rather do it due to health/fitness reasons, or as an implementation of yogic concepts?

Edit: Thank you all for engaging so much with this post <3 I don‘t have the time to answer individual replies but I read everything and it was really illuminating for me. Just to clarify, the yoga teachers I’ll be doing the training with generally seem super chill and reasonable and I don‘t (yet) get the vibe that they demand you to become vegan… However this has encouraged me to watch out whether there is any forceful behavior from their side. :) I generally have been quite insecure, even though I love yoga, whether I am the right person to become a yoga teacher or whether I am stuck in a lifestyle that does not implement what is being taught. I know this is not the right way to approach a YTT but I’m trying my best and your replies help me to see that each journey is unique <3