31st

31st of what has been quite an eventful month

Guruji s Bday :)

Had a super stylish and tasty dessert from Bau, we were then treated
to the best of Bau's photo collection ( also featured one where
Guruji and Pitaji were supervising the construction of the Old
meditation hall). Fun followed with Bau answering our questions and
then he played the piano for all of us to bid Jai Guru Dev.
(KumSim cribbed all 29km when I took over his stunner to Indiranagar)

Narada Bhakti Sutra

Planning and placing events to that glorious day some time in the
future has been a trademark in my life, but with some wonderful ppl
to support and motivate, we completed Narada Bhakti Sutras at my place
(Bishal n me score 100% attendance - it was my house, I was deemed to :)

18 days(sorry very early mornings) of Fun,Knowledge,Mindmaps,Gossip,Sleeplessness

YES plus course

YES - the YES plus for May came right from the 2 pillars of inspiration
- they took us through some strenous YOGA, funniest Q n A sessions,
some inter-continental meditation and lots more.

I know the pics are still awaited but let us keep the longing LONG

Highlights : Kuttu my brother also did this course

YES plus Advanced

The last time that I decided I was doing an ADV was in Jan and since then
have postponed it a handful times but the day arrived this time.
Deep in silence, and now I am getting to know the beauty of this
5 day itinerary.

(Guruji s surprise arrived the moment I was back in Indiranagar, the house was flooded
in my absence - all the papers that I was in 2 minds to throw or not to - found an exit. The only sad part being that Greg's passport was also half wet and also my new Bday gift - The tales of
Beetle the Bard)


BAWA n DINESH Bangalore Thu Intro talks


Jayanagar will host an Intro talk to YES plus, every thursday @ 6:30
Highlights :

Limited Passes
Super funny sessions
Inspirational presence

For all of us giving Intro talks otherwise this dialogue from Bau would
really help at the end

" I invite to a wonderful world a few BREATHS away .. COME JOIN US "

There were more highlights - ate out at some nice places,
took some nice shots of flowers at the ASHRAM,and yeah there is
this HAPPY NEWS that marked the end of this month, you will know the
NEWS soon on this blog.

The Monthly Post

Been really long ,, I opened up the blog to check when I posted last and realized it is almost been a month ,, the next YES plus @ Lalbagh kicked off today ,,, 125 odd buds all ready to bloom

An eventful month would be the least I can call it ..

• INDIA VOTED ,, I traveled 10 hours all to get my index finger INKED and cant wait to know who played it tactical - and this time around, how fast you change colors is what decides if you WIN or LOOSE
• INTRO TALKS - The next big thing, the past month, beyond doubt - INTRO TALKS
  Home Intro talks fading off to give way to stranger intro talks. Talks on which I can write posts together. But to name the best one would be this one.

Picture this : A Saturday afternoon busy juice shop in the youth heartland of Koramangala on a day when sun was all smiling. The strategy was plain n simple.. order juice and then seek permission to stick up posters there :). Having had a superb experience at the last juice shop (this was the 3rd one in less than an hour), our (Bhaskar was also there) confidence was running high. I was almost done with the poster that I ran into this guy in black with a cap on and awaiting his order.

I asked him his name and he just turns his back to me. Arrogance has to be ignored but the mind had already painted him in black n white. I consoled myself saying that the poster was not all that appealing as the last one. Bhaskar's enthu seemed to no way dry up and he said - " en logun se abhi baat karni chahiye" - ( he seemed to be drawing enthu from every milkshake we had). So we walk back to the same guy and with a huge smile once again post the same - " What is your name ?"

And then the moment of absolute SHOCK. He lifts his hand up to his mouth and moves them in a crossed fashion in front o his face and then does the same besides his ears. DEAF n MUTE. All the impressions fall earthbound and my throat CHOKED. We were completely taken aback. And then he flashes a SMILE - one that had stamps of INNOCENCE all over it. Moments like these dont come often.

We were then interacting with him for the next ten minutes. We told him that we are here about a YOGA workshop & personality development ( he mistook the YES!+ poster to be a body building workshop :) .. heart n dumb-bells probably were the reason ). His lips repeated our names and then they moved in an attempt to voice out - VIJAY KUMAR. Another software professional @ Hebbal, Vijay had come over to roam around the abuzz Koramangala on a Saturday afternoon.

Sometimes Intro talks are not always about registrations, but it is the measure of learning that you take from every interaction. VIJAY for sure had loads to teach us.

For the rest of the intro talks were also centered around Koramangala - NGV to be precise. Guess can write a post on the complete experience there some time, but none to challenge the one above

• MATHEMAGIC n SMS
  

For those who do not know what SMS is .. wait for the next post ,, and yeah got a few pictures there as well :) or may be you can SMS SMS to me and I will SMS you the details of the next SMS