At 2am we drove down to Mumbai and took an early morning flight to Goa. How will be Goa? Especially after having seen all these traditional Indian yoga places… We’ve been to Goa before, but not for yoga – it will be our first experience of yoga in Goa. How will it be like? “Well, let’s…
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A yoga educational institute with a spiritual guide
It’s our 2nd day at the Kaivalyadhama Lonavla Ashram. This morning we attended the asana classes. First the boys class, followed by the girls class. Then, we listened to a philosophical speech, which was part of the teacher training course, and talked to the students. Surrounded by happy students, we feel like being at the right place. We…
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Kaivalyadhama Ashram, Lonavla
We took a taxi to Lonavla (also spelled Lonavale), a small city and hill station in the district of Pune (state of Maharashtra). Besides being a popular weekend hangout for Mumbai residents, Lonavla is also home to Kaivalyadhama Ashram, a well-known yoga educational institute. We said goodbye to Heide, our German journalist was joining us for a bit more than 2…
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More Iyengar yoga classes
To understand more about Iyengar yoga, this morning we went to the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute again. Our first yoga class was conducted by Sri Prashant S. Iyengar, the son of B.K.S. Iyengar and director of the institute – also an authority in yoga. His style is more philosophical. The next class was a…
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The Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune
At 9am sharp we entered the gate of the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, and our visit couldn’t start any better as we directly ran into Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar, who was in a great mood. He let us attend his 2 and half hours of self practice in the main shala. We were…
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The Yoga Institute, Mumbai
Close to 1,000 people come to this yoga center everyday. Every minute the door opens, letting people go in and out. There are yoga classes for men, women, couples, children, companies, policemen, everyone! The Yoga Institute is a lively place. “It is like the shade of a big tree”, says Rachel about the deep-rooted atmosphere at…
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Leaving beautiful Bihar
5am and no power cut today, wonderful! Everything works out, and Coni could even shoot the missing asana class. At 6am we listened to a last beautiful morning chanting before hopping into a taxi to Patna, the capital city of Bihar, 200 km away from here. After 3 days at the Bihar School of Yoga,…
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Yoga at the Bihar School of Yoga
Asana classes are from 5am to 6:30am only, and if there is a power cut like this morning, Coni could not shoot due to the lack of light. Bad luck! But later in the day, the weather got nice and sunny, and we were happily surprised by an invitation to attend a satsang with the…
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Meeting Swami Suryaprakash
Our schedule follows the ashram life – early to bed, early to rise and always inside the ashram. Our visit to the Bihar School of Yoga was announced quite late (too late), and this Monday we were busy trying to catch Swami Suryaprakash, the director of the Bihar School of Yoga, for an interview. In…
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Sunday at the Bihar School of Yoga
We got lucky! Our train got enough delay and we arrived at the Bihar School of Yoga (BSY) shortly before 6am – we didn’t have to hang around the city before the ashram opened. Sunday is also day off in the ashram, which doesn’t mean everyone can go out. The normal programme is reduced to…
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On the Farakka Express to Bihar
We are heading to the Bihar School of Yoga, a famous and well known source of excellent yoga teachers. Train tickets to Bihar are very difficult to get – we could only get 3 separate non AC sleeper seats in 2nd class. This time we cross fingers that our Farakka Express train no. 13484 will…
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