Been to an open house at Bonnie's* office recently on her invitation, and met a few of my ex-colleagues there. One of them was Jesse, an Archaeologist who I have a high regard for. Jesse mentioned that he is very much into Yoga these days.
While talking about his yoga practice, he mentioned that with advancement in yoga, we get CDs but we shouldn't heed their advent. Soon after he said that, I was distracted and we got separated into different groups for an hour or so. During this time, a part of my brain was busy making repeated futile attempts in finding a connection between yoga and CDs. I just couldn't think of a common denominator for these two entities. Why would someone send CDs to yoga students? More importantly, why should students ignore them (esp. if they happen to be freebies)?
On our second meeting, to my relief, Jesse clarified that he meant achievement of Siddhis (సిద్ధులు) through Kundalini yoga (CDs was just his accent). I thought it was funny. I am sure the way I crucify English phonetics has been providing a lot more entertainment to him! Setting accents aside, be it Anasazi Indians or Desi Indians, Jesse's understanding of world history and culture is truly amazing. I am sure that he knows more about Indian scriptures than most of us (Desis).
While talking about his yoga practice, he mentioned that with advancement in yoga, we get CDs but we shouldn't heed their advent. Soon after he said that, I was distracted and we got separated into different groups for an hour or so. During this time, a part of my brain was busy making repeated futile attempts in finding a connection between yoga and CDs. I just couldn't think of a common denominator for these two entities. Why would someone send CDs to yoga students? More importantly, why should students ignore them (esp. if they happen to be freebies)?
On our second meeting, to my relief, Jesse clarified that he meant achievement of Siddhis (సిద్ధులు) through Kundalini yoga (CDs was just his accent). I thought it was funny. I am sure the way I crucify English phonetics has been providing a lot more entertainment to him! Setting accents aside, be it Anasazi Indians or Desi Indians, Jesse's understanding of world history and culture is truly amazing. I am sure that he knows more about Indian scriptures than most of us (Desis).
*my ex-office mate, a biologist, pregnant girl to the left in the photo below
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