The transformation from India to home was surreal as I dropped out of the sky into a downy ocean of soft purring love. Here I swam in the warmth, tired and happy as dreams of home became reality. Now the sun shines and the crisp autumn breezes threaten to blow away all the warmth of […]

The time has come to assimilate all that we have learned, to put the pieces of knowledge and experience together in some logical form that can travel across the miles and slowly seep in at home.  I have difficulty with transition, and travel is one big transition bursting with emotion, where the past and future […]

We just returned from a 36-hour adventure in the Indian countryside.  Our experience began yesterday at 5am when the Toyota SUV (complete with seat belts and AC) arrived to pick us up.  It was driven by a mild-mannered Indian man named Uddi, who appeared to have minimal but sufficient English.  Armed with snacks and supplies, […]

It was a great day today, I feel like I am finally settled in.  We’ve met some new friends at the Institute, a sweet young couple, Tess and Kevin, plus a couple of other women from California and a couple of women from Italy.  We met up with them tonight at The Marriott to celebrate […]

I’m running out of words.  I can no longer find the adequate means to convey the depth and breath of the teachings, both from life and from class.  We have levels of understanding so subtle that we aren’t even aware of them until they manifest in our brain, until they become known to us in […]

Yog is a synthesis of all bodily functions.  Today Prashant began with a series of interesting analogies to explain how we are to tease apart action and function in yoga, how we are to know when we are doing and when we are becoming.  The posture is the means, and asana is the end. The […]

I am up again before the birds.  What a frustrating few days it’s been.   The yoga classes continue to be superior but the daily living piece is challenging.  Upon arriving, I figured out quickly that the internet is my lifeline to every one and every thing I love and cherish in the world.  I […]

What a day of yoga this has been, absolutely mind blowing.  It began this morning with Prashant’s class as we continued to refine our practice using the breath.  Again, I remind you that these are not quotes, but remembrances.  Yoga is observation, you must learn to distinguish between action and observation.  Hardwired for action, our […]

We decided to go across town in a rickshaw yesterday after practice.  We called a man named Nana, who had been recommended by many of our friends.  Nana arrived promptly at noon as promised, a warm and jovial man somewhere in his 60’s with excellent English.  Our plan had been to visit a temple nearby […]

I just returned from the best yoga class I’ve ever experienced!   It all starts with the teacher, Prashant Iyengar, BKS Iyengar’s son.  Statuesque with a commanding voice and a pleasant demeanor he had the power to engage each individual in the large group seemingly without effort. Like his father, who I saw speak at the […]