New York Welcomes Yoga Asana Championships

Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times
On Friday, yogis from the New York area will compete for spots in the national yoga finals. Kyoko Katsura adjusted a student's pose while leading an advanced preparation class for the competition.

For Kelsea Bangora, New York’s 2011 yoga asana champion, the conversation usually goes like this:

“Yoga champion? How does that work?”
“Well, it’s like a dance performance, sort of, or a gymnastics routine, but not really.”
“So, can you touch your head with your feet?”
“Well, of course”
Typically, she does not demonstrate.
“I don’t

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