9.6.2008 Amazing day! Wov, had an incredible start to the day, watching John and David do some funky advance poses at 6am, having a laugh, falling around! And then Arial and I took the self practise group with John and David, sweating as much as the practitioners. Initially we were only adjusting a few poses but now 6 weeks into the course we're going all the way up to bada konasana. Its hard work, I now understand how Guruji was actually doing yoga by adjustin...

8.6.2008 Everybody needs a swami in their life "Trust the intelligence in your life and feel its support" was her closing line to me. I just had a long chat with Swami as she will be leaving us at the end of the week. We had her around for the past 6 weeks and probably became good entertainment for her, as she watched us go through emotions, as we asked funny questions and as our faces changed with glimpses of realisation. It was certainly amazing t...

7.6.2008 Fun evening activities- who is sane? Someone could have easily stuck a camera in where we are and treat us as the human zoo. Who is normal, what is normal, and we should measure it? We have no idea. As some of us have now been here for 5-6 weeks, we are beginning to entertain ourselves in bizarre ways. Spending so much time in the hot tub, counting yoga vinyasas, doing jump throughs, we have now moved onto creating shows. There will be the opening ga...

7.6.2008 Is life really suffering?...All you need is LOVE I would have answered yes until a few hours ago…I had been in a daze for a few days. Sometimes I forget how intensive our time is here with John and Lucy, starting from very early in the morning, having our own practise, and then doing lessons all day long. Even when I made it to the tree on Friday I was resentful slightly that I could only spend 15-20minutes. Everything seems to run back to back, with...

5.6.2008 Bird Fly - Feet Fly This is what I had written on my feet with henna last night as I've been focusing on flying high in my practise. John saw that as a sign and gave me an amazing practise this morning. He was there for me in every jump back and jump forward to support me and allow me to lift off into my hands. We did so many handstands. And knowing that john was waiting by the front of my mat all the time, all I had to do was to leap into his arms. ...