I was wrong. 6:15am wasn’t set to be the standard wake up time for Lil’ D. No, today, she woke up at 4:00am. And didn’t go back to sleep until 5:15am. Anyway, it’s probably because I’ve been trying too hard and thinking a lot about what time she will be waking up… so much so, that she’s waking up at all sorts of odd hours these days.

Whatever time it is… I will find a way to get my yoga practice done. By hook or by crook.

Today, was awesome. Managed to do quite a long session today, after making some pancakes for Lil D and Kv.




The weather was nice and warm, so I felt I could stretch easily. The Posterior stretch was effortless today, [Read more...]

A breeze-less night, with the temperature rising beyond 33 degrees celsius, in a home without air-conditioning, cooling units or ceiling fans. Just a portable cooler and a couple of stand fans. How much worse could it get?

Quite a bit – as it turned out. We had two blackouts last night – each lasting about an hour or more. As you can imagine, it wasn’t very pleasant. Thankfully our little one didn’t wake up during the blackouts – and slept through it all. My sleep on the other hand, felt like morse code – dots and dashes of sleep every now and then.

Thankfully I woke up at 6, and managed to get into my routine fairly easily. However practice today was very sluggish. It was probably more in my mind than in my body – but almost immediately after I got into any asana – I would tell myself – ok, that’s enough, let’s move on to the next one. [Read more...]

Practice felt good today.

I took Kavi’s advice and did my pranayama after the sun exercise. What a fantastic idea.It worked beautifully – I wasn’t rushing through it at all – and I could breathe through both nostrils beautifully because it was just after the sun exercise.

Somehow step 3 and step 9 always clears my nasal passages.

It’s been seven years since I learnt the 12 basic asanas of Sivananda Hatha Yoga. But in these seven years, I’ve only just really practiced maybe about six months of yoga in total. Sad, isn’t it?

Of course, I blame it on the usual suspects – lack of discipline, lack of ability to manage my time, inconsistent sleeping times, meals late at night… [Read more...]