Rachel Donovan (right), representing Colorado, warms up before the women’s finalist round. The final rounds, including ten women and ten men and a Youth Championship, are the result of over 100 competitors from 32 states being judged on poses’ level difficulty, poise and composure, and grace of movement.
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Afton Carraway executes a pose during the women’s finalist round yesterday.
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Participants have their routines timed to a limit of 3 minutes in the finalists round at the Hudson Theatre.
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Competitors wait on stage at the Hudson Theatre before finding out the judges’ results of the men’s, women’s and youth finalist rounds.
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Afton Carraway, representing Florida and the reigning champion, executes a pose during the Women’s Finalist round at the USA Yoga National Yoga ASANA Championship yesterday at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.
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Reigning international yoga champion Joseph Encinia performs for the audience before competitors find out the judges’ results.
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Competitors stretch while waiting backstage.
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Jared McCann, representing New York, celebrates after winning the men’s finalist round yesterday.
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