This is the third time I am doing a workshop for
this group in consecutive years during my visit to USA. The venue is the
beautiful and serene Durga Temple at Fairfax Station, Varginia www.durgatemple.org.
The Yoga group meets over the week-end s with the objective of practicing as a
group to bring in regularity, commitment and consistency in the practice with
mutual support and encouragement. Jay
Kalathil is passionate about making this group practice available to all and
devotes a lot of his time and energy in making the sessions happen and lead
them. He also gives opportunity to others to share their practice with the
group. I met Jay in 2012 and am inspired by who he is. The meeting took place,
thanks to Jacob, who introduced my work to Jay and requested him to consider
giving me a chance to do a workshop. I am grateful to Jay and Jacob for
creating this opportunity for me. Jacob
was instrumental in making all the three events happen. Apart form coordinating
with Jay, Jacob and Susan have been hosting me every year. I am fortunate to
enjoy their fabulous hospitality.
I wish to share a few of my impressions about this
group. The group is just fabulous – they are focused, sincere and
self-motivated in their practice of Yoga and as I know more and more about the
group and get to know some of the members, I am developing a deep respect for
this group. It is one of the best groups I had the opportunity to meet and it
would be pleasure and privilege to keep up this association as I get a lot of
inspiration and motivation in being with them.
This event was particularly enjoyable for me because
I had the opportunity to introduce micro-meditations to the group. Most of the group
had not been introduced to the technique of micro-meditation and many people
told me that they find it very interesting and simple to practice.
I have done workshops for this group thrice in the
last three years. My younger daughter Madhavi and her husband (Vikram) live n
NJ. So, I am likely to keep going there often. I was not clear about how I can
continue my association with this group as my friends Jacob and Susan are
relocating to India. In the first workshop I did in 2012, my friend Subbu (TM
Subramanium, another batch mate of ours in the Navy) was visiting his daughters.
He participated in the event along with
his son-in-law Prasanna and they invited us for dinner, where I had the
pleasure of meeting his whole family. It was pure joy to meet Nicki and Nina,
the lovely grand children.
Prasanna came to this workshop venue with his daughters.
That was very wonderful as I adore his kids and there was no time to go over
and meet them during this trip. Lo and behold, Prasanna very graciously and
generously offered to host me next year! The ease and grace with which all his
happened can only be described aptly by the word ‘synchronicity’. I am grateful
to Prasanna and Jacob, who said ‘here comes your host for next year’ when we
met Prasanna at the end of the event.
I am reminded of what Ekhart Tolle said. When you are walking in a mist with a flash
light, you see only a small path in front of you (which he says is the NOW). As
you keep walking, the path keeps unfolding and by being present and surrendering
to the NOW, you enjoy the journey.
I find this a very helpful tenet. When you focus on
the NOW, you dissolve the psychological time in which regrets and worries
arise. It is like playing a game. You can really play to your potential only if
you are present in the moment and flow along the NOW. That’s why we enjoy games
and I learned that you can take this into the game of life and enjoy every
moment. Because, ‘It is never not NOW’
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