
Khiv Raj Gurjar, from Jodhpur in the Indian state
of Rajasthan, has taken extreme yoga to new
heights - literally. He spends an hour each day
striking yoga poses on a bicycle perched
precipitously on the edge of a 300ft cliff.
He said: “When I balance and perform complex
yoga postures on a cliff, I don’t feel fear or think
that I will fall from this mountain.
"I can do anything on this mountain. I don’t panic
anymore.”
It does help that he has 20 years of experience to
keep him from plunging to a rocky death but
that's not all, for Khiv, the practice serves as
therapy to help him cope with intense personal
tragedy.
On November 4, 2014, Khiv lost his son, grandson
and wife in a road accident.
“It was terrible accident and it will take time to
heal,” he said.
Khiv began practicing yoga at the age of 12, and
says he has been visiting the cliff where he does
his stunts since childhood.
“As a child, I used to come here from school.
Then I brought a BMX cycle and started doing
extreme yoga,” he said.
“I am confident that I will not fall, I believe in
myself.”
A man of many talents, Khiv has represented his
country at a national level as a cyclist and even
competed in his country's national football
league.
You'd think his family would have gotten used to
his extreme routine but for them, the
apprehension is ever present.
His granddaughter Yoga Gurjar, 15, says she is
proud of her grandfather and wants to imitate his
feats - but does worry that he will hurt himself.
She says, “I feel a bit scared when my grandfather
performs these kind of stances, but I feel also
proud because he is the source of inspiration for
me and he is the person I want be when I grow
old.
“I also want to perform like him. Having a
grandfather who does stunts on mountains is like
having an in-house superhero.”




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