(Note: these are all actual incidences that occured to me in both Santa Cruz and San Francisco)
--They take the time, while you are contorting your body and placing wooden blocks under your back or your ankles, to recite quotes about embracing pain from Indian mystics.
--While in a downward dog position, they tell you to put your leg above your head, then, realizing they meant something else, giggle uncontrollably.
--They don't have a spare yoga mat, but tell you that you can use a spare pilates mat, which is slippery and seems to be more suited for break dancing than balancing exercizes.
--They ask you to imagine connecting the left cochlea of your ear to your right femur. Or the second row of metatarsal bones on your right foot to your collar bone. Then they single you out and accuse you of failing to do so.
--Ask you if you like how a a position feels, then ask you if you'd like to die in this position.
Just something to think about, as yoga is quite culturally unbiquitous. Here is picture illustrating this fact:
Find more examples of asanas as used in urban life here.
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