Ukuhleka kweLotus kwavotelwa eyona studio ye-yoga eclectic kuyo yonke idolophu yaseNew York-kwaye ngoku yenza indlela eya eNew Orleans. Ngoninzi lweeklasi ezenzelwe umntu oza kum-mat-to-mat ezabanjwa kwii studio zabo zaseManhattan, eWilliamsburg naseSan Francisco, ulwandiso lwalungenakuphepheka. Ngelixa indawo yayimangalisa (kuba isixeko asiyiyo i-mecca yomzimba) ubambiswano lwenza ingqiqo nakubani na owakha wamamela i-harmonium eLaughing Lotus okanye uthathe inxaxheba kumgca wesibini eNew Orleans.
Icawa yeYoga, evula uFebruwari 11, ihlawuliswa njengendawo yomnyhadala kunye nokuthandaza, ikhatshwa ngumculo weendaba ezilungileyo ngeCawa (kunye neehangovers, kucingelwa) I-glitter bar yabo, apho abafundi banokuthi banxibe imizimba yabo ngaphambi kweklasi, iya kwenza ingqiqo ngakumbi eNew Orleans-ngakumbi ixesha lomnyhadala.
Ukuseka umsunguli weLotus uDana Trixie Flynn ebetyelele iNew Orleans ukusukela ngo-1992, okoko waqala indlela yokuwela iMelika. Kutyelelo lwakutshanje, watsaleleka kwiCawa yaseBhaptizi eyayonakaliswe kakhulu yinkanyamba uKatrina; Uye wagqiba kwelokuba aguqule eso sithuba sibe yiCawa yeyoga.
Umbonisi wathetha noFlynn ukuba afune ukuba kutheni ekhethe indawo ekuyo iTreme kunye nokuba abafundi bangalindela ntoni kwimodeli yakhe yokuyihlawula. UFlynn kunye nomculi we-NOLA u-Little Freddie King.UNousha Salimi