Saturday, April 04, 2009

26) Reasons for not updating this blog for the past 3 months .

I was not updating this blog for the past 3 months as from end of December 2008 I was busy involved in preparing myself for the Sadhana Intensive Course at the Sivananda Ashram in Madurai from Jan 3-18,2009 .After successfully finishing the course I remained mostly in silence ( i.e not much online communication ) and confined myself only to my own Yoga Sadhana and my private teaching .This was a period where I was just nurturing the benefits of the Sadhana Intensive Course ( shortly called SI ) and the best way to do was to be away from net / other talks /chats etc and keep following my own sadhana and teaching . That was the reason why I was not also updating this blog for the past 3 months .Even though I am now busy with my own Yoga Teaching I found that it is high time I start updating my blog and continue to share my insights on yoga and related topics . The SI course was a very excellent one and offered me a wonderful opportunity to re-establish my connection with my teaching lineage i.e Sivananda Lineage and I do not have words to express the joy I experienced both during the course as well as the benefits I received after doing the same .I am very much thankful to my Yoga Guru Swami Vishnu devananda for packaging this wonderful 2 weeks Sadhana Intensive course for the Sivananda Teachers Training Graduates and I believe that the best way to express my thanks to my Guru is to keep intensfying my own Yoga Sadhana and keep sharing the benefits of Yoga with my students and help also uplift them .Swami Vishnu devanada coined the slogan many decaded back : "Health is Wealth , Peace of Mind is Happiness and Yoga Shows the Way" and I have found it practically true in my own life especially in my last 10 years as a Yoga Teacher as well as a Yoga Practitioner .