Musings ...

One of the founding principals of Yoga Mat-ters was "community building". From inception, this theme ran through every Yoga Mat-ters event.   July 2014, on the completion of a year; an email to selected friends,well-wishers with the hopes to ignite inspiration to carry the story over print-media was sent - an edited version gives the essence. "Some time last year in June 2013, three friends & yoga practitioners spoke about taking the practice of yoga outdoors. Since Bangalore has beautiful parks, gorgeous weather & people; we invited friends who practice yoga to roll our mats out in the open, under a July sky to share a yoga practice. Spontaneous thought gave birth to an  initiative called Yoga Mat-ters.  With a little planning, o n July 7th 2013, Yoga Mat-ters launched it's first event in Cubbon Park -  "For the Love of Yoga ". The response was great & the experience 'different'.  This last year Yoga Mat-ters has seen collab...

To say 'yes' or to say 'no' To fly high above or stay grounded below  To burn the midnight oil or to sink into dreamless states of sleep  To flow through the lines or to fall in line within a grid To hold on or let go  To give or to receive  To laugh with reckless abandon or to stay present to unbearable pain  To reach out and help or to choose to help oneself  To bow down in reverence or hold the head up  To stay or to move on ... The choice is ours to make While allowing others to  make choices for themselves  Is Freedom Today one chooses to put on headphones Turn the music loud The beats pulsate in my heart & head Dancing barefoot in the garden  And when morning comes ..  Unroll the mat Quieten the mind. The choice is ours to make. While allowing another person theirs... Freedom 

The last working day at Zela, went prepared with the new visiting cards ... handed the first one to the CEO right after his farewell speech. It was a beautiful purple, with an awakened lotus. Created with the help of a dearest friend ... it read... radhika chaliha +91 ********** radhikachaliha@gmail.com passionate about yoga & sharing it with you. ___________________________________ That was 4 years ago! If there was a second tipping point in my life, this was the moment... everything changed from here! What began as a "passion for yoga" & "sharing" it.... continues even today .... in similar textures but entirely different hues. Zela Health Clubs gave the platform to lead 'asana' classes & it was quite a ride. A small tucked-away quaint neighbourhood studio named Core Pilates in Koramangala, enabled to reach out in an intimate manner - to be able to listen to nuances of the breath & modify accordingly wa...