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May 11, 2017 / 9:26 AM

Florida woman weathers traffic jam with highway yoga

clearing the traffic in my mind #i95 #traffic #miami #zen #sendwater pic.twitter.com/Lz9n5yE1Kz
— kristin bjornsen (@kristinbjornsen) May 10, 2017

May 11 (UPI) -- A Florida woman stranded in traffic by a morning crash passed the time by getting out her mat and practicing yoga in the middle of the highway.

Kristin Bjornsen said a collision shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 Wednesday morning, leaving her and several other drivers stranded until the road could be reopened.

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Bjornsen said she passed the time by getting out her yoga mat and practicing poses including Coba, Plow, and King Pigeon.

A photo Bjornsen posted to Twitter shows her performing an Upward Facing Dog pose.

"Cearing the traffic in my mind #i95 #traffic #miami #zen #sendwater," she tweeted.

Bjornsen said it was about two hours before the roadway was reopened and she could continue on her way around 11:30 a.m.

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