Moments...

I have been struggling with Chakrasana all through the years. And viola today I held the pose for 15 secs Yippee Yeah Yeah. The headstand and plow pose is still struggle for me; but patience and I will do it!! So this was June 28th....and now Nov 28th... Chakrasana for a minute (WOW 60 secs) Plow pose - halasana a little better now and even hold for 20 secs Yippee Yeah Yeah Headstand till to be conquered. Next coming is Bow pose - go deeper into it, Paschimotasana (Seated forward bend). Let's see what 2020 holds for me.

A couple of years back, I started my yoga journey. It was quite on and off. I enjoyed it at times, I hated it at times, I couldnt make up my mind frankly. I wasnt sure I wanted to be in the path. I am not sure if I was unhappy with my yoga teachers or was it the level of difficulty. Then one day, I took the leap of faith and enrolled myself into a yoga certification program. I had to commute for nearly 1.5 hours one way to reach that school. It was a weekend program for a year. It was again a hate and love relationship. The commute was tyring and the teachers were least bothered or concerned about real teaching. They just ticked and did their job. But I made good friends over there and just to meet them kept on going. At the end when I received the certificate, sadly it wasnt a very honest one. After the course ended I quit yoga. But there was something a deep in me which kept gnawing me towards yoga. And I am glad I did it. I started to read a lot of materials / reasearch papers....

After contemplating for more than a year, i finally took the leap of faith to participate in an intensive month long yoga course to deepen and discipline my practice. Being from a learning and development background consider it an occupational hazard i need to know the mechanics of almost everything. Professionally learning how to learn is what i do and it trickles down to my personal life too. I took time to research and read reviews and blogs of various yoga schools. Finally i narrowed my search result and chose chinmaya at Dharamsala. I was extremely anxious and apprehensive when i embarked to Dharamsala. But with support and blessings of my family i started my journey. And now in retrospect, i think it was the best decision of my life. I have never encountered such beautiful, compassionate and kind souls who despite not being a family member treats you like one. It was a very emotional journey but worth a fortune. A true spiritual lesson in progress to evolve not just mi...