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October 19 2012

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August 21 20112011-08-21August 21 20112011-08-21October 10 20122012-10-10A photograph of a large indoor hall with a polished reflective floor where a group of about two dozen women sit kneeling on yoga mats in rows, palms pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed, in a meditative or prayerful posture. Most wear black tops and dark trousers; one woman in front wears a red patterned top, another a dark blue top, and a woman at the front right wears a black top with a purple waistband. Small silver dumbbells and water bottles sit between the mats, and yellow-and-orange cloth banners hang along the top of the room. At the back, a few people sit near tables with white cloths and a buffet. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the participants.2013-03-16August 21 20112011-08-21March 27 20132013-03-27A yoga session in a bright tiled hall where men practise on blue, purple and magenta mats. In the foreground a bald man in glasses and a grey-green striped polo with navy track pants leans forward with both hands on the floor beside two silver dumbbells. Behind him seated men in white, red-and-white checked and orange shirts hold their palms together in namaskar, and a further row of practitioners kneels on the mats. No a person candidate is visible.2012-10-24A large hall with cream walls and red curtains holds a seated meditation session. Thirty to forty participants sit cross-legged on colourful yoga mats in orange, pink, blue, green and purple, arranged in rows behind silver stanchion posts. Most wear black tops and trousers, while a woman in the foreground right wears white and another in the front centre wears a grey T-shirt. Several have eyes closed. Water bottles sit on the floor, and a small gold shrine canopy and a framed orange-robed portrait appear near the back wall.2013-08-18Four people perform a yoga stretch on mats on a tiled hall floor, bending forward with palms and bare feet planted. On the left, a woman in a white kurta with a red shawl and an ID badge on a lanyard stands at the front of the frame, next to a pair of black dumbbells. Behind her, a woman in a patterned dark top bends forward on a blue mat. Further back, a woman in a white and pale green outfit does the same on a pink mat, and on the right a man in a bright blue t-shirt and patterned trousers bends over a pink mat. The mats are pink and blue, and the floor is pale and glossy.2013-07-11August 21 20112011-08-21A photograph of two women seated cross-legged on red floor mats in a hall, reading from printed papers. The woman on the left wears a white kurta with orange red embroidery, an orange-red shawl, a red bindi, earrings, bangles and a red-and-white lanyard, and holds a pen over an open booklet. The woman on the right wears a white polka-dot kurta and white trousers with an orange shawl and glasses, and holds a sheet of paper. Orange cloth bags and a plastic water bottle lie nearby, with chairs and a stanchion behind them.2014-09-05September 27 20142014-09-27