We have a popular yoga studio in our neighborhood and I often cross paths with their devotees. With very few exceptions, they will absolutely not respond to a hello. Recently I sat next to one of them on the bus and my hello was returned with stone cold silence, an almost impossibility with anyone else on any public transportation.
I'm at a loss for logical explanations except that once a friend of mine who was also an esteemed yoga teacher commented that yoga strengthens people's narcisism. Perhaps.
