Routines are good things.  They keep us on track each day and help get things done.  Routines are prisons.  They bind us to mindless and numbing tasks that keep us from being creative. Change is difficult and challenging. Breaking habits is hard and it is much easier to just go on as we ... Read More »

Summer isn’t usually thought of as a time to begin new things. We often kick back, relax and let go of our busy schedules, take off, have a vacation. So why would you want to start something new? But this is the perfect time to begin yoga (or keep up with your class for that matter). Yoga is an ... Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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     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 »