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Apologies, no blog yesterday as there was no evening intermediate class for me to attend, only Prashant's 7am which was too early for me...

Upon first arriving at the institute I was momentarily disorientated as instead of walking around to the back of the building, we were...

I flew into Pune today after spending a few days in Arambol Goa - the last time I visited this area was 1996 and I vaguely remembered...

Another wonderful day of learning at the convention. Abhi's mental agility was on full display as she ran several side classes...

Today we worked intensively on parivrttas in every conceivable format - standing, sitting, prone, supine, inverted and balancing - that...

The writing of this blog finds me at a completely different place in my life from last time we were together. After the closure of my...

Day 3 of the intensive focussed on a series of forward bends, learning to coil the armpit chest. Abhi kept the sequence moving at a rapid...

Today we focussed on twists, with this week's theme of Yoga Sutra 2.1 woven in. "Tapah svadhyaya Isvarapranidhanani kriyayogah" Which is...

It was wonderful to be able to join Abhi with our videos on, so that she was able to see and respond to what we were doing. The class...

Some lovely pranayama for our final day with Abhi. She took the approach that she often has during my stays in Pune, of keeping the...

I'm still managing my wild swimming - just about. Last year I swam until mid November, but this year I am only just able to bear it now....

This blog finds me at a transitional moment in my life. The last 6 months or so have been a time of tremendous change. I'm really sad to...

I'm discovering how different it is to attend an intensive (and blog about it) whilst being in the thick of 'normal' life - quite a...

The focus of today's workshop was moving from tamas guna to raja guna after our extended period of lockdown. We worked on a dynamic...

I woke up with yesterday's supported back bending class, radiating around my body - the combination of long stays with a relaxed...

Penultimate day of Abhi's teaching and today we focussed on supported backbends. She reminded us not to go all out in terms of strong...

It was chilly and very breezy when I set out for my walk this morning, so I left my swimming gear at home and set off in boots and coat....

I started the day with an early pranayama class taught by Rajiv Chanchani, followed by my own practice, followed by Abhi's class - a lot...

Another beautiful Spring day today and different location for a swim. Apologies for camera angle, this is what happens if you give camera...

A wonderful sunny day in the UK today. Morning walk followed by icy cool lake swim and practice on the bank with the promise of Abhi's...