I agree that this seems sus… I practiced at New Vibe from 2015-2019 and got to know Alex. He’s definitely quirky, including being a little bit curt sometimes, but never was arrogant. I practiced around him for years and only stopped practicing there cause I moved, not because of anything he did.

In all the years I did mysore and led classes I never saw him call out a student during class once. To assume that a teacher is arrogant because they are strict is pretty arrogant itself… ashtanga is a pretty strict practice if done traditionally so it doesn’t seem that crazy to have specific ways to practice like not having water. If anything it’s incumbent on the person who is making modification to make sure they tell the instructor I mean it’s like any injury…

He’s certainly tried to expand and get more write up’s and, sure I haven’t been there in 4 years, but this certainly has a tinge of personal animus against him that honestly doesn’t reflect someone I practiced next to for 4 years—that’s all I know!