Yoga always stretched my idea of fitness, then it stretched my hamstrings

Yoga is a $27 billion industry with an estimated 20 million practitioners and joined the mob for the first time in India.

My back was already sore from trying to sit upright Indian style (called lotus position in India), a sitting position that has always caused me more pain than dentist chairs. Then the “stretching” started. We kept our legs crossed and put our right arm over our left shoulder and turned our head to the right. We were essentially turning into a figure 8. I looked at Hermione and she was looking straight at the wall to our right. The wall wasn’t even in my peripheral vision. I couldn’t get my head past the wall in front of me.

If I was any stiffer they’d fit me for a coffin.
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