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Back from India! New Jhula Yoga term…

End of the first week back at Jhula Yoga! So nice to be back practicing regularly with everyone. Congratulations to Harold for his daughter’s extraordinary success being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize with her debut novel, ‘Elmet’!(https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/09/elmet-fiona-mozley-review) Such a lovely story to have as part of our yoga community.

I had an amazing 3 weeks in India before coming home on the 15th September. See attached photos. One highlight was visiting the Chengannur Mahadeva temple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengannur_Mahadeva_Temple), and watching a Kalari demonstation in Kerala – an ancient Indian martial art. I also met a very interesting Yoga teacher, menstrual activist and industrial chemist called Manish in Mumbai, who founded the innovative company Shecup (http://shecup.com/), and the controversial feminist activist and author Nikita Azad in Delhi –
see here: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34900825).