Yoga is beautiful.
I believe that if Michelangelo had known Yoga, the streets of Rome would be filled with marble sculptures celebrating the poetry of asana — a poetry that longs to touch the divine and say Thank you for this life.
The following 108 images are a small collection of work from 2012 I have created with many human beings devoted to striving towards their highest potential. It is a remarkable moment in time for us all and it is an honor to call myself your artist.

1. Briohny Kate Smyth: The Hills of Malibu

2. Jennifer Pastiloff: Matador Beach, California

3. Elise Joan: Matador Beach, California

4. Caroline Bergenstrom: Venice Beach, California

5. Dice Iida-Klein: Malibu Canyon, California

6. Dice Iida-Klein: Malibu Hills, California

7. Briohny and Dice: Malibu Hills, California

8. Briohny Kate Smyth: Malibu Hills

9. Briohny Kate Smyth: Malibu Hills

10. Kathryn Budig ~ Balloons by the Carousel: Santa Monica, California

11. The Chaturanga Planksters ~ Dice, Briohny and Taylor: Santa Monica, California

12. Cristi Christensen: Main Street ~ Santa Monica, California

13. Micheline Berry: Leo Carrillo, California

14. Suzanne Kiyomura: Topanga Canyon, California

15. Liz Arch: Venice, California

16. Liz Arch: Topanga Canyon, Califonia

17. Raghunath Cappo: Laguna Shores, California

18. Kelly Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida

19. Indie and Stephen Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida

20. Kelly and Indie Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida

21. Michelle Dawson: Upstate New York

22. Eleven Year Old Olivia Rose: Chester, New York

23. Mary Vernal: Deep in the Connecticut Forest

24. Ben Wisch: The Black Dirt Onion Fields ~ Upstate New York

25. Shawna Emerick: The Black Dirt Onion Fields ~ Upstate New York

26. Mona Sharma: Venice Beach

27. Susan White Phillips: Deep in the Connecticut Forest

28. Megan Marie: The North Atlantic

29. Casey McBride: The Connecticut Forest

30. Emma Magenta: Central Park, NYC

31. Elitza Datcheva: Central Park, NYC

32. Musician in Central Park

33. Tao Porchon-Lynch at 93: Central Park, NYC

34. Tao Porchon-Lynch at 94: The Connecticut Countryside

35. Susanna Harwood Rubin: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

36. Elena Brower: Spanish Harlem, NY

37. Kim Stetz: Central Park, NYC

38. Roberto Lim: On our way to Fenway Park, Boston

39. Justin Wolfer: The Spit and Spat fountain: Saratoga Springs, NY

40. Kelly Kamm in the Raspberry Room at the Glen Tonche House, Woodstock, NY

41. Justin Wolfer: Saratoga Springs, NY

42. Justin Wolfer with Selma: Saratoga Springs, NY

43. Michelle Dawson: Upstate New York

44. Michelle Dawson: Dancer on the Train, Woodstock, NY

45. 1950′s Yoga: Michelle Dawson in upstate NY

46. Jen Warakomski: Dancer on the Brooklyn Bridge

47. Sarah McGrath: Brooklyn, NY

48. Sarah McGrath: Brooklyn, NY

49. Denise and Eric Antonini: Shooting Star ~ Laguna Beach, California

50. 2 1/2 Year Old Lorenzo Antonini: Laguna Beach, California

51. Colleen Hieber: Laguna Beach, California

52. Alex Newell: Venice, California

53. Liz Arch: Malibu Canyon

54. Liz Arch: Malibu Canyon

55. Newton Campbell: Laguna, California

56. Lily and Marcelle Dulan: Matador Beach, California

57. Kathryn Budig: Marina Del Rey, California

58. Covi Glez: Venice Beach, California

59. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California

60. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California

61. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California

62. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California

63. Audri Yvette Gonzales-Geary: Laguna, California

64. Denise Antonini: Laguna, California

65. Laura Young Kilkenny: Sunrise on the North Atlantic

66. Erin Nealy: Laguna Beach, California

67. Curli Chan: Laguna, California

68. Cami Rice: First Responder American Airlines 911 Flight Attendant. 2012 Tribute

69. Michelle May: Emerald Beach — Encinitas, California

70. Ashika Gogna: Paradise Cove, California

71. Ashika Gogna: Paradise Cove, California

72. Newton Campbell: Inside the Sculpture Studio of Steven Lustig

73. Kelly Kamm at the Glen Tonche House: Woodstock, New York

74. Ben Wisch at The Glen Tonche House, Woodstock, NY

75. Betsey Geller Keely: The North Atlantic

76. Danielle Holmes & Betsey Geller Keely: The North Atlantic

77. Amy Luke: The Connecticut Coast

78. Megan Marie: The New England Coast

79. Rita Shepard Ende: Sunrise in Connecticut

80. Danielle Brown: The Long Island Sound

81. Estela Dimes: The Connecticut Countryside

82. Angela Kilcullen: Deep in the Connecticut Forest

83. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island

84. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island

85. Shannah Green: Nantucket Island

86. Michael Rich: Nantucket Island

87. Ariel Marcoux: Nantucket Island

88. Juliet Loranger and Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island

89. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island

90. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island

91. Juliet Loranger: Nantucket Island

92. Denise DeLucca: Rhode Island Shores

93. Petra Ledkovsky: Nantucket Island

94. Burr Tupper: Nantucket, MA

95. Bill Gluck: Central Park, NYC

97. Micaela Mamede: Central Park, NYC

98. Megan Marie: The Cloisters, NYC

99. Steven Sherman: Cayucos, California

100. Heather Mann: Cayucos, California

101. Mariana Soares: Venice Beach

102. Camacha Jones & Justin Wolfer: Venice Beach

103. Camacha Jones & Justin Wolfer: Venice Beach

104. Noelle Beaugureau: Joshua Tree, California

105. Noelle Beaugureau: The Desert, California

106. Todd Leach: The Decisive Moment, Venice Beach

107. Yulady Saluti: Proud Warrior/Survivor Shoot for 2012 Breast Cancer Awareness

108. “I am Yulady Saluti. Cancer took my breasts, but will never take my dignity.” The great inner pose of stillness, vulnerability, acceptance, courage, dignity, life…
With gratitude,

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A dedicated Yoga practitioner, photographer
Robert Sturman has increasingly focused on capturing the timeless grace and embodied mindfulness of asana in his work. His portraits, whether set in the lively streets of Manhattan, the expansive beaches and canyons of Malibu, the timeless elegance of Walden's New England, or the bleakness of Marin County's San Quentin Prison, remind us that there is beauty everywhere. In Sturman's own words, "I often think of Rumi's words, 'I can't stop pointing to the beauty.' That feels right to me." Sturman's honors include Official Artist of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, 2010 FIFA World Cup Artist Representing America, and Official Artist 2007 United States Olympics. In 2012 and 2013, Sturman was the subject of two separate New York Times articles celebrating his photographs of Yoga from around the world. You can find out more about Robert’s work at his
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