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Jonah Sargent photographed 'uncomfortable' shots of people doing yoga
He said people don't try it because they feel worried about how they look
He's raising $2,500 (£1,600) through Kickstarter to publish a book

By Phoebe Jackson-edwards For Mailonline

Published: 06:04 EST, 19 November 2015 | Updated: 07:31 EST, 19 November 2015

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Those who indulge in yoga from time-to-time might think it's a graceful way to exercise.

However, as these rather all-too realistic images prove, nothing could be further from the truth.

Photographer Jonah Sargent, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has captured the sweaty pain of practising hot yoga, and has selected the most 'uncomfortable' shots for a new book.

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Jonah Sargent photographed classes in Minnesota, and Berlin to debunk the myth that only people who take 'sexy yoga poses on beaches' to post on Instagram practice the exercise, showing people looking awkward

Photographer Jonah Sargent, from Minnesota, has captured the sweaty pain of practising hot yoga, and has selected the most 'uncomfortable' shots for a new book

Jonah photographed classes in Minneapolis, and Berlin, Germany, to debunk the myth that only people who take 'sexy yoga poses on beaches' to post on Instagram practice the exercise.

Jonah hopes to raise $2,500 (£1,600) through crowd-funding site Kickstarter to create a coffee-table book of his work called Faces Of Yoga.

Jonah wrote on the Kickstarter page: 'When I first started yoga, I was constantly distracted by how I looked and felt during class and I think that’s why a lot of people don’t try it.

Jonah photographed classes in Minnesota, and Berlin, Germany, to debunk the myth that only people who take 'sexy yoga poses on beaches' to post on Instagram practice the exercise

Jonah hopes to raise $2,500 (£1,600) through crowd-funding site Kickstarter to create a coffee-table book of his work called Faces Of Yoga

'People are worried they’ll look or feel stupid.

'In the era of Instagram profiles devoted to "sexy yoga poses on beaches", it's important to remember that we all look bad when we do yoga, so we should immerse ourselves in it and forget the rest.'

Jonah described the project as him 'taking uncomfortable photos of people in strange poses'.

'Why am I making a book of sweaty people? It's not because I'm a die-heard "yogi" or anything.'

But he said he felt distracted during the classes and wanted this book to be a 'reminder that we all look horrible during yoga'.

John said: 'In the era of instagram profiles devoted to "sexy yoga poses on beaches", it's important to remember that we all look bad when we do yoga, so we should immerse ourselves in it and forget the rest'

The pictures capture people sweating profusely and focus on their faces rather than their trim bodies

Jonah Sargent said he wanted to encourage others to see the reality of yoga, he regularly practises yoga and wants more people to take it uo

He had to get up close and personal with people practising in the classes to take the shots and crawled around on the ground, looking for interesting expressions, as well as picturing people upside down

The photographer took shots and only kept the ones which made him feel 'the most uncomfortable'.

The people in the images often look extremely awkward doing unusual poses, such as one man with his legs over his head.

While others appear to be enjoying it a lot and seem spaced out during the class, and some even look euphoric.

The pictures capture people sweating profusely and focus on their faces rather than their trim bodies.

So far Jonah has raised $899 (£588) through crowdfunding and has a week left to raise his goal.

Jonah had to get up close and personal with people practising in the classes to take the shots and crawled around on the ground, looking for interesting expressions, as well as picturing people upside down.