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OK so I'm swapping pictures of India's crowded and colourful streets, for pictures of England's green and luscious countryside. This is a...

Dheeraj called before class this morning, to learn how to use the halasana stool I am leaving here, so Karen gave him a quick lesson...

After yesterday's lack of confidence, woke up today feeling depressed and lacklustre and even seriously considered changing my flight to...

As the month of classes starts to draw to a close, the cumulative effects are showing in my body. Abhi's class began today with a looong...

Beginning to get organised for home coming - gathering the lists of requests people have asked for from home - a chumbal here, a...

I thoroughly enjoyed my day off yesterday - had a luxuriously unpressurised practice on the terrace and an afternoon swimming at The...

Picture courtesy of Caron Maso Murray Another beautiful class from Sunita this morning and perfect for those of us who were feeling a...

Man I had a dreadful night's sleep last night! The mattress was great, but the lack of libre arm sensor for measuring blood sugars, is...

Ah yes backbends are truly upon us, how lovely to have a backbend class every day. I spent the day in reflective mode - this month has...

A great start to the day with a backbends class taught by Abhi. Today the focus was on recognising and correcting imbalances in how we...

The sliced banana and grapes suggested by our birdwatching guide worked! So the birds are coming onto the terrace, and a few have...

The temperature is really hotting up - forecast is 36 degrees and sunny for the whole week and suddenly the ceiling fans are required...

Apologies for no blog post yesterday, there wasn't a great deal to write, so I thought I'd double up today - plus I had the very...

A quiet day practicing on the terrace, relishing the time and space to get deeper into things. Although I'm feeling a lot better, I'm...

Woke up still feeling ropey and a bit hot, but not a fever , so plodded off to class for 'kill or cure'. I felt exactly on the borderline...

Yesterday Abhi asked me how I remember so much of the class when I'm writing the blog. Now today my brain got stage fright and can't...

A good day off of classes on Sunday, Caren and I went exploring and when we grew weary stopped for some respite at the Mariott Hotel...

This one is for you, Naomi! The coolest day I've ever known in Pune, overcast and fresh. We sat expectantly wondering who would come in...

Many of you that have pets at home, will have observed that they get drawn by certain asanas. My cat particularly gets excited when I go...

Yesterday Lynda sent me a video from Goa all about the different birds in the region and I found that as I tried to commit to memory all...