17.5.2008A whole week has gone by…Just as we were all saying how slow the time was going, this week simply flew by. And so much has happened in this week. The practise is going pretty well. Two students practise with John, Lawrence and Mike at 6am and those 2 students then count the 8am practise and assist John and Lucy. So there is plenty of opportunity to get things wrong and put them right again. My body did breakdown after the 108 sun salutes on Sunday and ...

10/5/2008 A quiet day! It's a saturday, and we all started by sleeping in, then a leisurely breakfast. Everyone headed into town but Jamie and I stayed behind. He had to chop wood anyway, and do some weed yanking (this is so much fun, thats why I call it yanking!). I went for a long walk, then sitting under tree and reading the book Lawrence gave me. I then watched a Bollywood movie. For some reason India feels like so far away, but I can remember everything cl...

9.5.2008 What to write now? The first week is over and my body is feeling it. John got us to do a full vinyasa class this morning, as he says "one breath, one body, one mind, one consciousness". Dorris and Debi were observing the class and said that it was amazing to watch us move in such synchrinicity (hard one to spell). We were sweating, slipping, sliding, the windows were all steemed up but John gave us such courage and the energy in the room was ...

7.5.2008 Time-less and space-less So many things happen in a day that by the time I've sat in front of the computer I lose count of everything I wanted to write. As John stretches our bodies and emotions, swami is definately stretching our minds. All started with a good practise this morning. I realised that for years I had completely misunderstood astanga yoga, the true system, the vinyasa, the counts and the reason behind it. As John has already challenged ...

6.5.2008 Mind f***ing stuff... Not only are we getting to learn to teach yoga but actually learning the true essence of yoga. the philosophy is absolutely amazing, swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati is so knowledgeable (even though we know that knowledge is ignorance). Only today she introduced us to the layers of the mind and pure consciousness...and cosmic mind. Once again its an absolute realisation that we are all connected. She's given the basic example of dr...