I used to be someone who practiced Ashtanga Yoga in the traditional method six days a week – what I considered a real Ashtangi. Just saying that makes me cringe a little but, well, it’s true. Even though I had convinced myself otherwise, I was hyped up on a smug sense of superiority because I was doing it right […]
An interesting thing happened when I was driving to work a few days ago. It was about 9.30 am and I had been warned to leave early and go slow as the roads were icy. Then a car pulled out of a driveway ahead of me and I understood what real slow driving was. A lazy […]
Well 2015 was a bitch, no doubt! I’m so glad and relieved to be out of it and into a sparkling new one – I have a real good feeling about 2016! But, truth be told, that mean-ass year of 2015 made me grow in ways I never would have otherwise. It was the year […]
There are many invaluable life-lessons I have learned over the course of this year, 2015, an incredibly tough, challenging but deeply educational and rewarding time in my young life. One of the more prominent lessons has been that old adage: “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!” In India, more than anywhere else on earth, the […]
Gratitude She sits on a small, wooden chair in the hall, a silent, knowing smile on her soft face. She exudes an air of being comfortable, self-assured and confident while simultaneously gentle, accepting, respectful. Sometimes I forget she’s there, she never makes any fuss either way and I can get so busy and fretful. But […]
A major landmark that eluded me for these past three months has finally been reached in my morning yoga practice; one week ago I made it all the way through the standing poses of the Ashtanga primary series for the very first time. Yup, right up to the final Warrior 2 pose with a red, […]
Sometimes, not knowing why, you just have to write… that’s how this poem was created!
Coffee and Scribbles 