Over 11,000 people preformed yoga at the busy Times Square here and stretched in the sun to commemorate the summer solstice.
The yogis unrolled their mats at the Crossroads of the World yesterday.
"It's the longest day of the year. In the yoga tradition, this is the day you worship the sun," said Christina Cielusniak, 25, a yoga instructor from Wayne, New Jersey.
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Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, said the event was a challenge.
"No place is more difficult to concentrate than Times Square!" he was quoted as saying by New York Daily News.
Times Square is a major commercial intersection and a neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.
