Baby monkey on the hunt
Sunlight bursting over the Himalayan mount behind the Ashram
Such a brave girl. So resigned, so hopeful
One of the many sculptures in the Ashram gardens.
This is Krishna playing his flute
At the entrance looking into the Ashram
with the first sun creating a magical vision.
Well today was such a tremendous experience. The first class this morning was with a 99 year old swami. He has lived in the Himalayan mountains practicing yoga for many years. He is now teaching in Parmarth Ashram. What an inspiration he was. So much energy, so vital, so alive. We all appeared to be asleep in comparison. He jumps, shouts, and ties himself into knots with the greatest of ease. Comes out smiling and gets on with the next thing. No attachment, but knows how to heal all kinds of ailments of course. We all came out feeling very humbled and young dare I say!
Then the Iyengar class was very good too. Raya UmaDatta was the teacher and gave very vivid explanations about shoulders and torso. He took on the group with no trouble. Some people obviously new to yoga and others years of yoga. It made no difference, as the therapy aspect is the same.
Truly this Ashram is run like a luxury yoga palace. Every detail is looked to and done with simple style. Very impressive. I went to a lecture about a Yoga institute in Haridwar and learned that there are many university courses running there for all kinds of Therapy. I think I'll go and check it out after this course and see for mysself what is on offer.
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