Happy accident

Today commenced the three week Pranayama course I will be taking at the Krisnamatcharya Yoga Mandiram. As luck would have it, my regular teacher had an important meeting in Mumbai with Mr. Iyengar himself. As his substitute was Sri Desikchar, the son of the grandfather of modern yoga Sri Krishnamatcharya. Pinch me! His book "The Heart of Yoga" was a text book for yoga school, but more importantly, he is the direct link to the linage of teaching that I most admire. He walked in the room, shook every single one of our hands and said "good morning to you". He began to speak to us about Pranayama (breath extention) and it's deeper implications. He kept refering to the teacher who he was covering as his boss. Talk about humble! Immediately after his lecture, Menaka (his wife) lead a practical class on linking Pranayama and Chanting ( a dream come true). All these teacher's allow the teachings to be what comes off first, not their personalities. They are matter of fact, and as a result are completely inspiring/adorable/infused with wisdom.

Hi, I'm in India and loving every second of it!

A German woman from the course has come to stay with me at the hotel where I'm staying. She needed a room and I had an extra bed, works out perfect. We just went to a grochery store, and bought things like crackers, yogurt and peanut butter. Very bizarre to have western luxury items in the middle of India, but one begins to crave framilar things.
More soon...
I'm on a PC, but will find a MAC computer to upload pictures onto the blog in the next few day!
Love and light,
Katharine