It gave me joy to do something for just myself yesterday. 90 minutes spent alone at home, by myself and with myself. At two points when we were required to place our palms on our heart centre, my eyes welled up profusely.

Practicing a form of yoga that isn’t about the physical body as much as it is about the emotional body. No getting sweaty and breathing heavy. No complex poses. No challenging the body physically. Just steady, mindful breathing for a whole 90 minutes, while observing what comes up emotionally, when the body is placed in certain ways.

As someone who has a strong physical practice that is all about the challenge, rigour and stretching my limits, and most definitely performing better, this is a challenge but surprisingly, as I discovered yesterday, also a delight.

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Things I am desperately craving:

• A really cold, crisp beer
• A run in the park. Heck, even around the block would be good, right now
• A good, meaty burger
• Cool, crunchy papdi chaat, with cold dahi and pomegranate on top

Things that are making me really happy right now:

• My plants (I’ve started to call it a garden) are thriving again, the hibiscus flowering regularly, all babies growing up very quickly, new shoots and leaves and buds showing up in places they haven’t before
• Thums up
• Mangoes
• The silence

One year ago: Slow and steady
Two years ago: The times, they are a-changing
Four years ago: Go far, they said