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International Day of Yoga (June 21, 2018)



Namaste,

Wish you all a very happy International Day of Yoga.

Please take a moment on this day to express your gratitude to all your teachers and everyone else who had a profound impact on you in imparting all the yogic knowledge and lifestyle.  Let us remind ourselves that yoga is a lot more than physical postures and as Swami Vivekananda beautifully put it -  it can be work (Karma Yoga), worship (Bhakti Yoga), philosophy (Jnana Yoga) and/or psychic control (Raja Yoga, that’s where all your poses are :-)).

My gratitude first goes to my dad and Yogasri NV Raghuram from who I had the opportunity to learn many things directly. There are several other gurus who also had profound impact on me through their publications, talks, recordings and messages and sincere thanks to all of them – Swami Vivekananda, Swami Sivananda, Swami Bodhananda Saraswati, BKS Iyengar, TKV Desikachar, Swami Brahmananda, Dr. MA Jayashree, Brahmasri Chaganti Koteswara Rao to name a few. Thanks to all the bay area Yoga Bharati teachers (Anil, Ashwini, Dr. Sachin etc.), family (Supriya, Karthik…), close friends (Raju, GS…) who have taught many life lessons and offered support on many ‘yoga’ fronts.  Finally thanks to so many of you and your kids who have been attending all the classes taught by me over the last ten years as I continue to learn and grow through all these activities.

Please respond to this blog on who had such an impact on you so that we can learn more about them.

Some of you have asked for my video recordings for home practice.  Here are a couple to start with:

Sun Salutation classic 10 step demonstration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjcXUT8s66M&index=3&list=PLkjlcNFWFtb2nYjEAaZy1CMpwjOoTrlh1&t=2s 

Sun Salutation with Bija Mantras
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VHDHl9-brk&index=2&list=PLkjlcNFWFtb2nYjEAaZy1CMpwjOoTrlh1&t=0s

Sun Salutation with some variations such as Warrior and Pigeon pose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRH0c4vOFc&feature=youtu.be

More to come…

You can also view our Yoga Bharati channel for videos on many topics: https://www.youtube.com/user/yogabharati

Join us for a free hiking yoga class at Ed. R. Levin county park.  Please respond if you are interested for additional details.

Best regards,
Shailesh



Comments

  1. KishoreJune 23, 2018 at 10:01 AM

    Thanks for your dedicated effort in running yoga classes regularly. It is inspiring and helps us stay motivated.

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