Penning Memories

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 mornin...

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...