Republic Day from Auroville to Thiruvannamalai

Today is Republic Day in India – which helped us to travel with little early morning traffic from Auroville to Thiruvannamalai. We were warmly welcomed in the Swami Suddhananda Ashram Adi Annamalai who gave us a long personal audience, and a very good impression. The first asana class starts tomorrow morning at 5am, so time to go to bed now.…

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2nd day at the ICYER, Pondicherry

Our yoga day started at 9AM at the ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research) in Pondicherry. Coni, our photographer, took some pictures of the teacher training students during their yoga session. We also had the honour of having an interview with Amma , ICYER’s guru, which was just amazing. Afterwards, we’ve visited the Samadhi place of…

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ICYER, Pondicherry

Now in Pondicherry, we’ve had an amazing day in the ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research). We’ve had a wonderful encounter with Nalini, yoga teacher at ICYER, who’s been so helpful and positive. Dr. Ananda also helped us understand the ICYER in a very nice way. We’ve visited a mantra class (chanting) and…

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2nd day in Chennai

The second day on the search for the best yoga centers in India was a followup photo shoot of a yoga teacher training class at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. Afterwards we took the East Coast Road down to Pondicherry. Tomorrow morning we will visit the International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER). Let’s see how…

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Stop 1: Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai

First day on the search for the best yoga centers in India. We borrowed our neighbour’s car in Bangalore, and drove all the way to Chennai, where we made our way to Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, thanks to our ipad 🙂 There, we got quite surprised and did not expect such a warm welcome! We can…

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