A decade photographing living masters
O'Neill spent years traveling to photograph revered yogis and teachers across India and beyond. The book preserves faces of a tradition through intimate, reverent portraiture.
On yoga
4 ideas
Yoga as more than posture
The images and texts frame yoga as a spiritual and contemplative path, not merely physical exercise. The asana is presented as the visible surface of an interior discipline.
The body as vessel of stillness
Portraits emphasize composure, breath, and inwardness rather than athletic display. The photographs treat the practitioner's calm as the true subject.
Lineage transmitted through the guru
The work honors the guru-student transmission through which yoga's knowledge is carried across generations. Authority rests in living teachers, not texts alone.