The New Yorker

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I am wondering what people's responses are to the

New Yorker's August 14th article titled "The Yoga

Bums: the west beats a path to a guru's door". I was

particularly struck by the following statement:<br><br>"Most

of the students made sacrifices in order to practice

yoga: once you become an Ashtangi, I was told, you don'

want to go out at night, you don;t want to eat rich

meals or drink alcohol; your nonyogic friends start

thinking that you are no fun. Ond of the constant topics

of conversation among the students was whether you

could have satisfying yoga practice and also have a

conventional life: a job, a home, a spouse, a family. T