Some day, I am going to go to one of the Sivananda ashrams in India, for a good, long while. I have decided that this shall happen, despite the general sentiment that, with my "odd" health, I'd be pushing up the daisies within a fortnight in such a tropical, third world location. Ha! Ha, I say to my nay-sayers! I will go and I will not end up as worm food, at least not there.... I have a special affinity with the Sivananda tradition, not just because it is one of the most honoured and classical yoga traditions there is, but also because one of my beloved teachers studied long with Swami Vishnudevananda, who, in turn, was one of the main disciples of Swami Sivananda himself. It is as quintessentially yogic, and Indian an experience as one can find. I include a pic of some ashram action, just to tantalise myself, and show the universe what will be mine one day. If I can just turn a bit of a blind eye to some of the conditions of animals in India, I will be just fine. I will embrace a sacred cow, and I will befriend an elephant! Jaya Krishna! Om gum Ganapataye namaha!
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I'm 'tits on a bull' in terms of yoga, but I relate to sacred cows, pretty architecture and elephants! And monkeys!
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