The Smithsonian Institution in Washington has organised an exhibition about the visual history and art of yoga, its origins and evolution over time.
The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery will showcase the exhibit, 'Yoga: The Art of Transformation', through January.
Later, it will travel to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Curators brought together Indian sculptures, manuscripts, paintings, posters, illustrations, photographs and films to showcase yoga's history over 2,000 years, stuff.co.nz reports.
According to the report, Museum Director Julian Raby said years of research behind the exhibit shed new light on yoga's meanings and histories.
Guest teachers will lead yoga classes in the museum's galleries on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The exhibit examines the concepts and practices of yoga traditions, including meditation and postures found in Indian art dating back hundreds of years.
The exhibit is funded in part by the Smithsonian's first major crowd-funding campaign, which raised 174,000 dollars in six weeks.
