Category Archives: Pune India

back home in England: nature = prakrity

It’s easy when in England to think of yoga purely as a physical subject, but in India the deep history is there all around you, in the people, in their deity’s and symbols, the animals, the plants, and underneath you … Continue reading

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Day 32: Pune Departures

Our Last day and Goodbye to The Institute Today we completed our time with Prashant’s usual morning class. I must write some more about that: We experienced the boundless possibility of the breath and learnt that if ‘prana’ is the … Continue reading

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Day 27: Christmas Eve and Shopping on Laxmi Rd

It’s Christmas Eve, and this is a photograph Geoffrey took of the shrine right at the top of The Iyengar Memorial Institute. Many narrow metal steps up, to a platform that used to be the highest spot in the area, … Continue reading

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Day 18: Our First Classes with Prashant Iyengar

16th December 2014 “We are always looking outward, listening to our teachers who come with their own problems and limitations and we ignore the most supreme teacher within ourselves. The only way to evolve, to progress, to truly practice, is … Continue reading

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