Yoga for Clumsy Idiots

Is it possible to engage in yoga without becoming a Yoga Person?

Illustration: Nikita Klimov

I once spent a month in Thailand, where I met a wonderful woman in a club. We danced, we talked, we laughed, we kissed, we danced some more, and then she asked if I wanted to go back to her hotel. I said yes, and she led me outside and down an alley, where a man jumped out and tried to stab me.