When Kristin Bjorsen found herself stuck in a major traffic jam on I-95, she could have resorted to road rage, cursing profusely or blaring her horn in frustration.
Instead, she pulled out her pink-and-white yoga mat and stretched into an upward-dog pose on the side of the road.
The photo of Bjorsen practicing yoga on one of South Florida’s most detested highways is making its rounds on social media -- a testament to the stress of South Florida traffic.
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“For me, it was a funny juxtaposition to an otherwise stressful situation,” Bjorsen said. The art director at the Miami New Times was stuck in traffic for more than an hour due to a traffic accident in North Miami, which shut down the northbound lanes of I-95.
“They had closed the express lanes shortly after I got on, so there were maybe 15 cars behind me,” she said. “Because we were all in a single file line, you could see traffic wasn’t moving so I felt safe getting out.”
Bjorsen said she pulled out her mat after inching along the overpass at the Golden Glades. The mat came out near the end of the bridge.
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She said she has been surprised by the reaction to the photo, which has gone global.
“Someone sent me a link to a news story in India about it,” she said.
Granted, Bjorsen only struck a single pose during her brief yoga break -- she didn’t want to hold up traffic anymore than the accident already was. But sometimes, that’s all you need.
“That’s the irony, that was the only pose,” she said.
