Be yogic about how much you don’t know about yoga — a lot.

Nikita Taniparti
Nov 5 · 6 min read

It’s easy to count the number of Indians in a yoga class in America. Often, I’m the only one. Instead, I’ve taken to counting the number of Sanskrit tattoos. In a class of around 25, I typically spot around ten. Only one of them is my own.

I go to yoga classes six days a week. I’ve frequented over ten yoga studios in Boston in the past three years. A few months ago, I became certified to teach through a 200-hour yoga teacher training course, and I often teach yoga at my office.

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