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Final blog post from Mumbai airport awaiting my early hours flight home. I left Pune with a warm heart and a full belly courtesy of...

It was a double-helping of Abhijata today - Pranayama at 7.45am and a breath-focussed intermediate class this evening at 6pm. In between...

And just like that I'm in my last 48 hours of being in Pune. I'll be sorry to leave as I'm just getting into my stride practice wise....

The day started off with a walk through the park with Rosana, who has moved into our apartment for the second half of the month bringing...

Parivrtta Eka Pada Sirsasana in the famous RIMYI Practice Hall. Prashant's 6pm Pranayama class was cancelled this evening and since I...

Another day of practice on the terrace. Today's bird sightings included the Grey Hornbill (he's been visiting regularly, but it was only...

Another great class with Abhi this morning, this time almost entirely spent in inversions. Towards the end we did a very long...

The grounds of FC College The 50th Birthday Celebrations culminated on Sunday with everyone dressed in their finery, packed into the hall...

Our very last class of the intensive was taught by Sunitaji and we covered a lot of ground! We started with Pranayama, then after a break...

The penultimate day of the intensive today and Abhi opted to start with an hour of Pranayama and some restful poses, which was perfect...

I was just too tired to deal with the world today. I barely made it through Prashant's class, every time I closed my eyes the world...

I had an insulin pump mishap last night where it would not function with the local batteries I had bought and it was too late for me to...

I woke up today in a state of cellular vibrancy - my favourite way to feel when I wake up in the morning, as all the imprints left by the...

Yesterday we had a day off and I opted for a restful day practicing on the terrace. A quiet sixty second balancing in AMVrksasana and...

I woke up feeling a bit frazzled today - I'm really missing the time to do my own practice. The teaching and classes are honestly...

The coconut seller from RIMYI has travelled with us to the venue! This is my 7th trip to Pune and never before have I needed a blanket on...

Meeting up with a couple of my fellow Tardounies! The days are starting to take on a familiar rhythm as we settle into the intensive. Up...

A short blog today as I'm tired from a disturbed night of hypoglycaemia last night which involves waking up to take sugar a few times....

The UK and Irish Contingent! A fabulous day today with Abhi forever embedding and imprinting external hip rotations on our bodies and...

We had a lovely day of rest at The Marriott Hotel swimming pool for Sunday which was surprisingly quiet, perhaps everyone assuming as we...