Penning Memories

On a fine spring morning, somewhere in the mid of March.... As usual, I started off for work in the morning and had hundreds of things on my mind. I began planning out my day, and was soon immersed in loads of personal and professional list of to-dos for the day. Oblivious to the activities happening outside on the road, I began thinking deeply, but as I approached the Sarjapur road, mother nature surprised me with her beauty. At once, my focus changed from the day-to-day worries to the beautiful canopy of brilliantly colored flowers along side the roads. That's when I realized that this beauty is because of the onset of the spring season. The queen of all seasons, spring is here! The pleasant sight  instantly brought a smile on my face uplifting my mood in no time :) In the months of spring, the trees lining up the roads are in full bloom with vibrant and colorful flowers. It is indeed a spectacular watch and great kick-start of the day! Whatever be your state of mind, m

I never knew that so much was already talked and written about 'self-talk' till I stumbled upon this topic today, while I was actually reading an interesting article on 'how to develop good habits'. Though the article on good habits was highly informative, my entire focus shifted to 'self-talk', the reason being, I could relate to it in an instant. This is how it goes. While I was thinking about my next music class, I found telling myself " I did not practice well, did not memorize my notes and hence, like the last time, I am not going to do any better in the coming class too. Even if I get time to practice, it is not going to help. ". If you have observed the statement keenly, this one sentence is filled with so much negativity that no matter how well I practice, I will not be able to do well in the next class. The reason being, I have already prepared myself to fail in the next class. What I am doing to myself ? I joined the classes with such high

Bangalore. It is around 7:30 PM in the evening, and after driving for almost 1.5 hours from my office,  I am on a slightly steep T-junction road in BTM. Since this junction neither has a traffic control signal nor a cop, it is prone to traffic jams due to haphazard movement of vehicles. Like on most other days, even today, I am stuck in a jam here while I am waiting to take a right turn and head in the direction of the my kiddo's day care. And just when I am thinking on how to avoid feeling annoyed at the delay, my mobile rings - I get a call from a friend. I am happy to get diverted from the traffic chaos, and begin talking to her.  At the same time, I am effortlessly controlling my car from sliding backwards on the slope. That's when it suddenly dawns upon me that last year, around the same time, I was such a fearful driver. Leave alone driving in the night, and simultaneously speaking on mobile, I would be scared to take the car out even in the broad daylight. Immediatel

What should I call this experience… educative, re-energizing, fun-filled, exciting or adventurous? Aww! It’s so difficult to describe this experience in one word. It was all of it and much more! I had been on a Yoga Retreat conducted by Yogavijnana at Hosagadde, Shimoga district for 3 days during the long weekend of I-day. We were a group of eight from Yogavijnana. Vinay is the organizer of this camp and the founder of Yogavijnana. And the rest of us being me, Sudarshan, Prashanth, Madhukar and his cousin Nargarjuna, Usha and her husband Mahesh, their cute little son Aditya. All excited, we started from Bangalore on the night of 14 th  Aug in a tempo traveler for Hosagadde. Since most Bangaloreans were heading out on the long weekend, it took us 1.5 hours to hit the outskirts of the city. As I kept staring at the traffic, lost in thoughts, I already had a feeling that this was not going to be like any regular holiday.  By the time I woke up around 6 in the morning, we wer

Simply mesmerizing, illuminating, brightening, enlightening, spirit-raising and yet, so quiet and serene; alm and peaceful, be other than a beatiful  what else can it be other than a beautiful Sunrise! I must admit that, I got extremely lucky since I happened to witness one such Splendid Sunrises over a Lake, and that too merely by chance.   Away from the chaos and hustle-bustle of Bangalore city, I was at a town place called Gulbarga for two days on a friend's wedding (Feb 2014). Being an early-riser, I woke up well before the break of the dawn even though I did not have any routine chores to do. I like to wake up early to experience the quiet, it is the only time when I get some exclusive 'me-time', when I can be with self, when I have time to contemplate on my thoughts and sketch a plan for the rest of the day. Since I was new to this place, I decided on spending the early hour with myself by taking a stroll across the streets just to feel the cool breeze and explor