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Faculty Yoga Study in Pune, India
Received from Osha October 31:
Diwali is here in India , lights are up in stores and hotels,the Toyota dealership is offering Diwali deals and the shops are busy with sales. I beleive it is New Year. Schools are closed for the week, everyone does a thourough "spring cleaning" , new clothes and lots of family gatherings. Household help get a Diwali bonus. Most obvious is the "unrestricted fireworks" (mostly the loud ones) which have been gearing up for weeks....
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The institute closes for 4 days so we are off to Goa, not an easy thing at Diwali all the trains and buses were booked so we hired a driver for the 12 hour drive.....This week has been Pranayama. A great time for breaking old habits and ideas about the practice. Prashant says we skip right to the most advanced practices so he takes us breathing into every area of the body while Geetaji insists that we have never looked at a book or tried any of the Pranayamas before. The delema has resulted in a very rich range of Pranayama preparation and pranayamas... During the practice sesssions Guruji instructs his grand daughter from his poses. It is a very sweet exchange. You can hear them both laughing. She teaches some and assists and is an example of the vibrant young teachers coming up here... There is a beautiful little park almost next to the institue.By 7am you can see everyone out for their walking. I love seeing the women in saris and running shoes. At the same time you see young children scavenging the bits of branches etc for firewood. The women work at construction sites.
Namaste, Osha |
Osha in Vrksasana |
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