Celebrities & Yoga

Angelina Jolie, Kareena Kapoor, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Mallika Sherawat, Aishwarya Rai, Cameron Diaz & Carmen Electra have one thing in common. They all pratice YOGA!!!

Check out this article on Yahoo - Hot Yoga Celebs

Dance Workshop

Fantastic workshop!! We had loads of fun dancing with our superb instructors Dheeraj & Tejas (Shaimak Davar group). This was a rocking Saturday morning. We learned some gr8 rock & roll (dance style) moves, pepped up our moods and got the body moving to the tracks of 'munni', 'nakhare' and the like. Dance is not just about the fun, its also meditation in motion. We were completely absorbed in whatever we were doing out there. A great workout and body mind co-ordination are added advantages......... so put on your dancing shoes and let your body move to the music!!!

That's Dheeraj & Tejas to my right & left respectively. Yes, my son aarav (he's just 2) loves to dance & watch people dance, so he too was a part of the fun for a little while.

Pregnancy Workshop

"There is only one beautiful child in this world, & every mother has it"

- Chinese Proverb

We had a nice quiet group this Saturday (23rd) for pregnancy workshop. And the workshop too went smoothly with assistance from my friends & fellow yogis sonvi & rajsi. We concluded the workshop with some healthy snacks - vegetable handavo, potato chips (roasted with little salt) and variyali drink.

Garba & Yoga

The Navratri fever was high amongst us and we thought of grooving to the tunes of garba without the space constraint of the crowded venues. Agreed you can't match that tempo, but we had loads of fun doing garba with experieced and graceful instructors - Mital & Sonvi. We also had a nice lively audience, you see in the first picture.

ps: my regular yoga practice definitely helped me during that garba nite when i slept at 2:45 only to wake up fresh after 5 hours, without any soreness. Cheers to yoga!!!

Yoga & meditation

Well, if you want to associate meditation with weight loss, let's just say that you won't crave for that chocolate bar, ice cream that you normally do.....

We had two separate sessions of meditation one last month by Geeta & Jyoti aunty and one today by my dear friend Nimisha. Both were different yet beautiful. Thanks a lot to the instructors.

I believe, if asanas & pranayamas are like cake; then meditation is like the icing on the cake. It enhances the flavor of your life. And a regular practice of meditation is like the 'Diwali cleaning' of your mind (which should happen daily & not just before Diwali :-) ). Do i need to elaborate further??? I think not !!

Crane Pose (kakasana)

Yoga is much more than just exotic postures, but when you get them, a lot changes within you!! Congrats you guys..... From the top its Rajsi, Sujal, Neetu, Sonvi & Tanvi... a very good execution of kakasana (crane pose). It is not an easy posture to get. Definitely requires a regular well-rounded yoga practice. But these girls did it & i m extremely happy for that. Improves physical emotional balance, concentration. And you'll also get those well toned arms & upper body.

Natarajasana

Nata means dancer and raja is the word for lord or king. Shiva is the King of Dancers. This pose reveals Shiva's attributes. Shiva represents transformation or change. He represents the dance of our lives, the changes, illnesses, relationships, the emotions, etc.

Shiva is also the deity of stillness, meditation, calmness, introspection and peace. Practicing this pose provides an opportunity to find the stillness within the motion. Because it's such a challenging balance, one must cultivate a quiet and focused mind. In order to remain still and balanced we must be completely present.

(from various sources on the net & books)

For me the biggest challenge was to open up the shoulders. To actually experience stillness within, the pose needs to be practiced more & held longer :)