| Many people ask me if I can recommend where they | | | | into the soft brown eyes and pale skin of my gurus |
| should study yoga on their travels to the birthplace | | | | when I bow before them. |
| of this ancient Indian philosophy. I humbly admit to | | | | It's funny. yoga has taken such a hold in America, |
| them that I have never been to India. My gurus are | | | | yet some misconceptions are still etched in the |
| in New Yorkand they are American. | | | | practice. For example, we think yoga is practiced in |
| Most people are surprised at this admission. They | | | | hot rooms just because it is hot in India; we have |
| question me regarding this. After all, if I am a yogi, | | | | this image in our minds of ancient yogis practicing |
| shouldn't my guru be an Indian man? Well, the gurus | | | | warrior two and sun salutations, and we think that in |
| of my gurus are Indian men, but in my case, I look | | | | order to be a true guru, your nationality matters. |