Special Yoga Session for Family in the Hills of Bhimtal – May 25, 2018

I’m currently on a family vacation in Uttarakhand. All my folks wanted to do yoga amidst the hills. While the weather made it difficult to do a yoga session outdoors, we managed a rejuvenating and energizing session indoors, but with a breathtaking view of the Himalayas. It was enlivening like nothing else. I must say, there’s no place like the mountains to do yoga. Something about the sight of those monstrous rocks standing against all odds, weathering the elements of nature, upright in their sheer beauty, unrelenting, unforgiving… it makes me just stand there in awe.

I can’t help but remember these famous words by Muhammad Ali: “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

On that note, here are some snapshots from the session…