No class today, the Institute is getting ready for Patanjali Jayatri, a celebration of Patanjali just before Diwali festivities. I took a walk through a park near the Institute, enjoyed the quiet of the park and the exotic trees and plants. That was good preparation for what came next, a stroll to Fergusson College Road, one of the busiest in Pune. In the evening two of Guruji’s students spoke, the first on sutra I.1 atha yoga anusasanam, the other on sutra I.2 yogas citta vrtti nirodhah. Then Guruji spoke about the aim of yoga, how we may touch each layer of the being through asana, to reach the soul, to recognize the expansive nature of our minds, to come to realize cosmic consciousness. We begin by spreading our minds evenly throughout our bodies.
The green is beautiful. The movie made me laugh--the horns sounded like the ducks that come up to eat John's corn and incessantly quack to no apparent purpose.
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