'Yoga Friends'
It is strange how one can become friends with total strangers when you must live together. At a week-long Yoga break in a place on the outskirts of Bangalore, I went, as a stranger, to learn Yoga, along with a motley group of 90 other people from all over India. By the time we returned, we were one big 'Yoga family'. You become friends when you eat, do 'aasanas', walk, and sing together with unknown people, and do Yogic 'kriyas' that make you puke together. For a week, we led a regimented life. It began at 4.30am, went on to prayers, Yoga 'aasanas', breakfast, meditation, more 'aasanas', lunch, some more meditation, and dinner. We did get short breaks, during which Yoga instructors would record our previous day's diet, activities, weight and BP. Had I known before life there would be so strict, I would never have stepped into it. But I had joined and getting back to Bangalore was even tougher than staying on. I decided to stay on and enjoy i...