Mula bandha on ice: what skating taught me about yoga and vice versa
Eight weeks ago, I laced up my skates for the first time in almost 40 years. (No, not the same skates. They lay in the front hall cupboard until the inner lining turned to dust and were finally sent off to the Salvation Army.) On my first few shaky turns around the rink, my front […]
Grieving for a Travellers’ Cafe
On Saturday night, someone walked out of the German Bakery in Pune leaving behind a knapsack with a bomb inside. It went off around midnight, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50. I’ve been to the German Bakery many times. In the month I spent at the Iyengar Institute, it was our […]