Yoga

Santa Monica is truly the epicenter of yoga. I found out in this NY Times article that the Representative for where I live, Jane Harmon, even attends. Harmon is quite wealthy but she still, apparently attends class with the masses. She even made a joke about torture memos (even funnier given that she was previously the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Full article here:

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The yogis arrived toting their mats and towels and SIGG water bottles. Some had waited a half hour before being allowed to claim tiny plots of floor just inches from one another. They jostled and chatted while setting up their spaces, some kicking up into handstands to loosen up.....

“Didn’t you see the torture memos this week?” called out Jane Harman, a 63-year-old devoted student in the front row, who also happens to be the United States Representative for the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.

The teacher responded, “That’s why I’m doing this.”