Comments on: Twists, II

By: veljaatnahi

veljaatnahi — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:14:32 +0000

I cannot beileve that you can do the shirshasan unaided! very impressive. great post, as always.

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:39:04 +0000

ManDuka, spiD is good!! The talking actually annoys me quite a bit at times, especially with some Auntyji types who just want to rush through everything. Also, discussion of recipes – okay; speculating about someone’s weight or medical problems – um, NOT.

Total lack of any privacy – we had a public weigh in a couple of days ago, with the teacher calling out everyone’s weight as we lined up to stand on the scale. Much discussion ensued after that about the amount everyone needed to shed or put on. But nobody seems to take it that seriously, either, or maybe they have no choice.

Ami, am *thrilled* to see you in these parts! The whole perspective here tends to be a bit upside-down anyway…. about the clicking away, the competition was a bit like a wedding – junta sitting around chatting, taking pictures, having chai… while in the middle these kids twisted themselves into unbelievable knots.

By: Ami

Ami — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:22:47 +0000

So that’s what you’ve been upside-down-to. Fantastic. Didn’t the twisted pretzels find it funny that one of them is just clicking away when not clicked at?

By: manDuka

manDuka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:54:41 +0000

Chatting between asanas — that is a new one. When I was a kid I used to tag along with my mother to all kinds of back to basics yoga classes, but they were all pretty quiet solemn sessions, all ending in shavasana. No daily downward dogs though, dunno why that is the iconic asana in the US.
I’m so delighted with the sound of spiDche vyayam that even though I hardly move with spiD on the elliptical thats what I’m going to call my cardio sessions from now on.

By: stacey

stacey — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:31:14 +0000

What a bargain! And it looks like an amazing class. Sometimes the bare roots, back to basics things are the best!!!

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:14:05 +0000

Thanks, Grace!!

A – please report back – am sure there are lots of classes like this one in namma Bengaluru.

Hey ET – yeah, I was very happy to find it bare bones and there are lots like this one! The thing is, I think I was lucky to find it because of the somewhat “unfashionable zip code” I live in – in posher areas, Power Yoga, Bikram Yoga and Shilpa Shetty’s Yoga with every celebrity now bringing out a yoga DVD, are all the rage, with mats and music and really pricey studios. So more than “Americanized” yoga – it seems to be “Consumerist Yoga” here too!

By: evolvingtastes

evolvingtastes — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:54:16 +0000

wah wah, wah wah! Now that’s almost the kind of yoga class I went to when I learnt yoga in India – dedicated teachers with focus on theory and practice, in almost bare-bones facilities. (remember my earlier exasperation at americanized yoga?)

By: A

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:10:54 +0000

all too inspiring! am starting what ive heard is a similar class here in bangalore. report forthcoming….

By: Grace

Grace — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:42:30 +0000

Thank you for ALL your informative and thoughtful posts.

I especially like the pictures and stories about everyday people going about their lives in India.

And congrats on tenure.

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:06:34 +0000

Sthan – thanks! And it *is* a co-ed class – you can see four men at the far end of the very first photo. And yeah, no “guru” stuff here. I am very interested in yoga meditation and spirituality myself, but I agree it doesn’t correlate to charging thousands of rupees !

Swapna – I haven’t weighed myself, but my jeans still fit after two months of my mother’s cooking – that has NEVER happened before. I’m definitely less flabby, and everything fits better. It’s all about the inches anyway – GO FOR IT!!

NSG – haha, maybe we should try and get him also to join us occasionally, he could use it, what?

Mel – the price really flabbergasted me, even though at the Y I get a much better deal than at most studios. I am sure going to complain when I go back, even though I absolutely adore my instructors there.

And Dawn – thanks!