Final Impressions I am home; transition made by 29 hours of endurance though the jolting car ride to Mumbai, the seemingly endless wait in the brand new international terminal in Mumbai and then the interminable hours on the two flights home. I saw four movies and slept only a little, arrived at ... Read More »
A View Into The Window
Each week in my classes I try to introduce a quote or thought that is relevant to yoga practice. This ‘blog’ is a place for me to expand on the ideas and for community participation. The philosophical concepts underlying yoga are complex; I certainly have no claim to understanding them well. But as a group perhaps we can come to a deeper level of knowledge. Sue
Ahh Food
More Chocolate! Sunday lunch. At the Marriott. But this time in a lovely Italian restaurant, I forget the name. As Bobby said you would have thought you were in Manhattan. It was leisurely, and well attended, and oh my the food! We started with appetizers; two long banquet tables full. We ignored ... Read More »
Icing on The Cake
Pranayama Week Today began pranayama week and it is the icing on the cake. It surprises me that quite a few folks leave early and miss some or even most of this week. This is the culmination or the beginning of the culmination of what we are doing with our asana work; moving awareness deeper ... Read More »
Time Warp
Geeta's Classes Geeta has a way of shifting time. When you are in a typical class there are lots of poses and it seems as if you hold them for seconds and seconds until they turn into minutes. And yet the class is only two hours and that is not possible. And yet at the same time it can feel ... Read More »
Never A Dull Moment
Just As I Was Sitting To Dinner... I was tired tonight and looking forward to a light meal and then some time to read and bed... and then I heard, coming from somewhere blocks away what sounded like sound checks and a warm up of some drums and instruments. Loud. Very Loud. ... Read More »
Impressions of India
Impressions From Out and About Any place that takes you out of your ordinary is unusual and interesting will seem exotic and fascinating. That is certainly true of India. Not only are we half way round the world and half way round our clocks, its 10 1/2 hours earlier here, but we are looking at ... Read More »
Classes with Prashant
Classes with Prashant How do you approach your practice? Do you try to remember the sequence from class? Do you focus on a pose and work on its ‘points’? Do you focus on categories of poses each day? Do you rely on a book or a tape? These are all good methods and can be helpful, ... Read More »
Sunday Brunch
Marriott Hotel: Sunday Brunch 2/9/2014 Stephanie invited several of us to brunch today at one of the two Marriott hotels here. Its quite an affair; there are four buffet areas, one an Asian Station, one Mexican, one India, and one Western, and then a desert station. Needless to say all are India ... Read More »
A Week of Classes
Continuing On 2/3 - 2/8 Three classes with Prashant and three with Geeta, including last night’s pranayama. The week has flown by. The classes with Prashant meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:00 am. But to get a place where I have a chance to hear much I need to get there about 6:35, ... Read More »
First Days In India, 2014
Arriving and Settling In: 1/31- 2/2/2014 Has India changed? No, and yes. The aroma in the air is familiar even before the plane lands, it is distinctive. I find I recognized the airport and how to negotiate through customs while bleary eyed and jet lagged. This can be no small feat; trying to keep ... Read More »