Hello 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 break. So here I am!

The first few days of Upa Yoga training sounded easier than practice. These are simple yoga practices that can be done by anyone anytime as long as the stomach condition is light. Today is day three and we are rubbing ourselves with this special oil (Dhanwanthram Thailam) to ease our aches and pains. The many hours of continuous sitting in Ardha Siddhasana with Sadhguru during The Lap of the Master program, for two days prior to the start of the Hatha Yoga training, made us a fidgety lot!

Whenever we hear the yoga padhi playing on the speakers we know its time to get to the Adi Yogi Alayam for our class. So much so, I heard it now as I was writing this and in a confused dizzy ran to see if I might have made a mistake in calculating my break, only to find my fellow Hatha yogis just as confused standing in the corridor looking about for some explanation. Then it was clarified that the sounds of yoga padhi were coming from the different class being conducted at the  Adi Yogi Alayam. That explains our longer lunch break. With a relief, we all retreated back into our rooms to rest before our next session.

We have two practice sessions and two informational sessions per day. We have been provided with personal lockers in the Adi Yogi Alayam to make it easy to store our mats and save us the hassle of lugging it back and forth from our cottages.

My Alayam cottage is conveniently located just at the entrance to the Adi Yogi Alayam and it takes me 4 minutes to get to my spot from my room, 3 if I scurry!

The menfolk, on the contrary, are put up in Nandi Sthanam and are a 10-minute bicycle ride away from the Alayam. I am glad I am a woman! Ha!

More about food, Devi temple, Dhyana Linga, Pepper vine (restaurant), Adi Yogi, etc coming up in future posts.

Until then sending you all love and ease from Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore, India.