Can't get Sharath to come to your Shala? Get Time Magazine, same focus effect!

Last night we received an E-mail from John warning us that one of us (students in the shala -not me-) is writing an article for Time Magazine and hence a photographer would be coming.  What a great opportunity to show the world John's work surrounded by his students, ourselves!  

Even though the article will be only "partly" about Ashtanga, I am always happy to see yoga getting national attention.

Provisions were made for those who did not want to be photographed, but I doubt too many people did not want to because, after all, this is New York City, and we are always on stage.  Although it could be argued that our practice may not always be the most "flattering" when seen in the raw...

I was lucky to have the opportunity to attend and, as I am human, I had lots of thoughts run through my head like: What color should I wear? How can I bribe them to be center stage? Do you think they will want to interview me?  Delusions apart, I feel so happy that John and our shala will be featured in the most read magazine out there, with or without me -in purple-.  And I am grateful to the student doing the piece.

I discovered today that having the lens of a magazine during practice has pretty much the same effect of Sharath being in the room, I was in my best practice disposition.

I suppose projecting yourself into their pages is EXACTLY how it feels like when you are in Mysore, you are being "observed", "scrutinized", "judged", and so you want to "give it your best", "engage those bandhas", "follow that drihsti", "relax that palate", "live that yoga" and "focus like you mean it".  I highly recommend it for next time you feel the need to raise the bar.

So thank you Time Magazine, glad you came to visit us. Picture from timeinn.net, and they seem to have been writing a lot about yoga, you can see the archives here.

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