by admin on August 7, 2008
On the Way to Yoga District
NewIndPress.com
August 8, 2008
by Malvika Tegta
Fiery red gulmohars, against the grey overhung monsoon clouds, line the gently sloping crisscrossed asphalt of Gokulam. This plexus of mains and crosses, weaves into it the tin chai stand, a ramshackled mom ‘n’ pop store, an improvised coconut water shed and old red floored homes with the same indifference as a Nilgiri’s supermarket, family-run cafes and posh dulpex apartments that have sprung up in recent years.
One of these lanes in this upmarket ‘Yoga district’ leads you to Bharath Shetty’s Yoga India, a small Hatha yoga studio. A room in styled in Madhubani pop art, or Ganeshas in psychedelic shades, caters to mostly western Yoga enthusiasts and Bharath’s is only one of the 60 odd yoga centres that have come up in Mysore. Continue reading this article…
by admin on August 7, 2008
Mysore Mandala Yoga Shala resides in an old traditional Indian home with wooden columns, jute rugs and a vaulted ceiling. It’s in the quaint neighborhood of Lakshmipuram, not far from where Pattahbi Jois began teaching Westerners in his original shala home before moving to Gokulam. Mysore Mandala is surrounded by a beautiful garden and houses a café in the backyard, a massage room, and a few offices – one with internet access available to students for a nominal fee. [click to continue...]
by admin on August 3, 2008
One Breathe At A Time
by Kino MacGregor, Miami Life Center
Yoga Magazine, June 2008
This year’s political season highlights some of the most monumental hopes and pitfalls of the past century. As we turn the door on a new administration we must also ask ourselves again where the realization of the dream of peace on Earth is really to be found if it is to be more than just a dream after all is said and done. We know now that the ultimate resolution of the seemingly eternal problems of humanity is not to be found in a battle between nations fought with weapons of mass destruction, nor in a war of words among politicians, nor in the battle of the sexes. So where and to whom do we turn to answer the most difficult questions of our lives? [click to continue...]
