nearly 5,000 people attended Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon, filling the church and spilling into the streets. Inside the French Gothic colossus, golden light from the setting sun flooded through stained glass windows; a small team of volunteers ushered practitioners as musicians warmed up sitars, harmoniums, or harps.
Yoga mats were rolled out between pews and in walkways and corridors; those who arrived early secured coveted spots around the Cathedral's indoor labyrinth—arranged around its centrifugal spiral like a kaleidoscope.
Forty-four church bells rang and reverberated from the tower on the hour; waves of seven cascading Oms washed over a sea of blissfully embodied spiritual seekers. © GABY ESENSTEN PHOTOGRAPHYIn the past 10.
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