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Om Alone In India

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4.87.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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A day of yoga in the US. A yoga war in India. A court case in California and why the Indian government is watching it. A story about the poses that bind us. (Tell us about yourself. Fill out our survey: npr.org/roughtranslationsurvey)

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0:27.7

Welcome to the 15th annual Solstice and Times Square, mind of our madness yoga.

0:32.7

Present this Bob Aaron.

0:37.4

So we are in Times Square on Summer Solstice.

0:40.6

It's the International Yoga Day.

0:42.2

We are like steering at all the giant moving billboards.

0:45.1

There's Fiji water, there's Dunkin' Donuts, there's Budweiser beer,

0:48.7

and just below all of those ads, there are four or 500 people on aquamarine mats in...

0:57.3

Downward Facing Dog.

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Breathing out, remember that.

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Heat wrappers with me, yoga yoga.

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Oh my god, this is so cool.

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I still want to see Vee and Rian just to see it.

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