Following a 75-minute hot yoga class in Austin, Texas, Lauren, 34, approached instructor Priya Mehta to share that she felt a “really deep personal connection to Indian culture,” which she said began when she got a small Sanskrit tattoo in 2019 and deepened after she watched a documentary on Netflix. She then asked Priya to confirm that her pronunciation of “Namaste” was correct. Priya said it was fine.
Lauren went on to describe her two-week trip to Bali as “basically the same vibe,” asked if Priya had ever been to Bali, and said she thought all yoga pants should have “like, a little OM symbol on them.” Priya, who has a master’s degree in kinesiology and has been teaching for eleven years, said “mm-hmm” four times. Lauren left a five-star review. The review mentioned the vibe three times and Priya’s name zero times.