3 weeks completed at YTTC. Just the beginning!

Today we complete exactly three weeks of yoga teacher training course at Teacher Surinder's class in Rishikesh. 

It's been an amazing journey so far. We've done asanas (yoga exercises) for about 4/5 hours everyday. We've lived on simple food. We've studied about the philosophy and the anatomy of yoga. We've opened up and let our emotions out. We've learnt to accept ourselves a little more. We've learnt to connect with ourselves a little more. We've become more flexible and stable with an increased stamina. We've sweat out the impurities and got our body fluids moving. We've learnt how to support our spine better. We've learnt to breathe proper, control our breath and hence control our emotions via controlled breathing. And very importantly to put ourselves to sleep. This and a lot more. And a long way to go. This is just the beginning of the beginning.

My class wherein I told everyone to do the asana which they love the most. 

Renata's birthday celebration by Yoga Family.

Meme at it! Super!

Yoko's class. It was great.

Body giving up @ yoga

Last night I couldn't sleep properly. Result. Got up with a horrible body ache. Felt feverish. Went for the morning asana class non the less. The pain continued and I left for my room after lunch. Any kind of a noise or voice was maing mr crankier so I wore my headphones and listened to mantras non-stop. Came back ad passed out in the room. My body was breaking with pain. Got up at 630pm. Missed the adjustment and the evening yoga asana class, unfortunately :(  

Feeling very weak and lifeless. My body seems to be giving up on me ! :(

Finished dinner of aloo paratha at Oasis cafe next to my hostel. Bought medicines, some munchies for the room. Now back in the room, reading the book, 'butter chicken in ludhiana'. It's a sarcasm filled book about India and the tourist life here. It's bang on describing the society just the way it is. 

Hope to sleep early tonight and be regular at yoga classes again. This recent illness pang messed up the focus lately. Have to get back on track and attack it with the same fervor.

 

Looking forward.

Day1 yoga teacher training course, Rishikesh, India

Finally after a lot of hunting for almost three days I found a brilliant teacher and a school for learning yoga an acquiring a yoga teacher's course certification. Thankfully I managed to skip the many fraudulent and indecent yoga teachers here in Rishikesh, who in the name of yoga are doing many illegal and frivolous activities. All thanks to this local guy, Himanshu, who helped me find exactly what I was looking for. A sensible, good teacher with a good experience. 

A snap of beautiful serene Rishikesh. Teacher Surinder before taking me in his class asked me WHY RISHIKESH. Look at the picture below. WHY NOT RISHIKESH.

My teachers name is Surinder and his experience sounded pretty similar to mine. An unexpected sudden rise at the corporate level, leading to increased stress levels which made him burn out n he quit the corporate world. Sounds a lot like mine own. Looking back, I don't regret one bit of it. My past one year has been everything I could ever ask for. It's been fantastic to say the least. And best my love for traveling lead me to yoga, which I can see will soon become my life.

Teacher Surinder doing a head stand. Oops you cant see his face :D

It's amazing to think how I never did it before in spite of wanting to do it for almost 6/7 years. Infact there were times when I felt that I was born in India just to gain this experience. And now, when there are barely three months left for me to shift to Netherlands and join my boyfriend there, I finally find my way to Rishikesh, the yoga capital of the world, and come across a yoga teacher suggested by lonely planet. Not only this, I was lucky enough to land up at the doorstep just the very day the lessons were about to start.

A selfie taken just before leaving home, Delhi for Rishikesh. I was just so happy that I was escaping Delhi.

So today starts my yoga journey. I am sure it's going to be a fantastic fulfilled journey, exactly the way I want my life to be. 

Day 1 of yoga teacher training class ends. Looking forward to tomorrow. Happiness to all !