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Here are some excerpts from my personal blog. Welcome! June 23, 2018, Chapel Hill, NC Thanks for visiting! Please join me as I embark on a new journey through 21 weeks, 1750 hours of intensive, immersive, Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program at the Isha Yoga Center, set at the foothills of the Velliangiri Mountains in southern… - Sharing is caringHello dear people, I am back! As there is so much to share with you all, I decided to organize my time better to be able to squeeze in a post as and when possible and share my incredible experiences here. One such possibility presented itself today when we had a longer than usual lunch…
- It’s time to be ON !It has already been a week since I arrived here at Isha Yoga Center. It has been incredible celebrating Guru Purnima, with Sadhguru, in the presence of magnificent Adiyogi, on a full moon day that also happened to be eclipsed for about 6 hours. Day 1 of training is tomorrow. It’s a packed schedule. I…
- I believe I have arrived!Isha Yoga Center. Magnificent! Brilliant! Lush! Every space boasts of an organic design incorporating raw granite, bamboo and exposed bricks. Corridors of tall lush coconut trees elegantly bearing the weight of coconut clusters leads up to the Alayam cottages where I make my home for the next 5 months. Weather was soothingly cool when I…
- The journey beginsHot, crispy, crunchy Medhu Vadais! Fortified with Ammas Medhu Vadais , pongal and sambar and armed with gazillion tons of love from family and friends, I am on my way to the airport to board my flight to Coimbatore. Feeling anxious and nervous about the unknown! Looking forward to post that I need not have…
- Going Cuckoo!A steady stream of friends continues to flow in and out of the house, showering me with love, support, and best wishes. Listening to the sounds of a dynamic, insistent Cuckoo / Indian Koyal as I wait for another four friends to arrive this morning!
- Going bananas!Crispy banana blossom vadai served on banana leaf! It’s been four days since I reached Chennai. Disclaimer: I am sitting around eating all sorts of exotic South Indian food ONLY to please my Amma. I might resemble a lazy bum but rest assured I am not! I am very very active…….albeit in my mind, planning…
- Love on a banana leafThat’s it! I am in heaven. I am in bliss! I am still in Chennai being thoroughly spoilt by my Amma!. The best lunch ever served lovingly on a banana leaf! How my Amma manages to create this super healthy, fresh, vegetarian culinary extravaganza every single day I know not!. In my defense, I do…
- Love and freshly squeezed sugarcane juice!It has been 24 hours since I reached my home town of Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Blessed to have my parents. Nothing beats having a cup of hot filter Kapi made and lovingly handed to me by my Amma. Appa still skeptical about my current stint with Yoga. Some highlights of the first 24…
- Blissed out Baby BuddhaI would like to acknowledge that the Buddha illustration I have “borrowed” is originally from a post from isha.org. In this illustration I see a Buddha at ease, relaxed and with an open energy, and a smile hinting at his secret to bliss. This image depicts the ultimate state of ease that I strive to…
- Untethered, I fly!I fly untethered, with one hand in hand with the Divine, the other laden with gifts of pure love and unflinching support from family and friends. Weeks leading up to this moment were filled with contradictory emotions of excitement about the upcoming program and sadness at the thought of leaving my family behind for 5…
- Welcome!Thanks for visiting! Please join me as I embark on a new journey through 21 weeks, 1750 hours of intensive, immersive, Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program at the Isha Yoga Center, set at the foothills of the Velliangiri Mountains in southern India. Wish me luck! Especially since I never intended to be a yoga teacher, and…
- Sanda, the KinesiologistIn 2011, six months after my diagnosis, my family and I visited my parents in Chennai in southern India. A chance meeting with another spiritual lady, culminated in me meeting Sanda Spasic. Sanda is a Kinesiologist from Germany, who moved to India to live in Thiruvannamalai, a three-hour car drive from Chennai city. With her…
