Ladies and gentlemen, we have landed in Cochin airport. The temperature outside is 30 degrees Celsius. And with that, I decided to put my ear plugs and eyes mask where they belong. A good sleep of 2 hours helped me prepare for the long and unknown journey ahead. Made few calls, sent few messages as …

I kept waking up all night with the sounds of birds, crickets and traffic, that’s when I realised I forgot to close the windows to cut the noise. Tossing and turning in the new bed, at 4.20am I woke up once again with the voice from the mosque (something that’s stayed with me since childhood …

A healthy outside starts from the inside – Robert Urich. Today’s wakeup call was at unusual 4.40am as I had to take the capsule for cleansing at 5am to start the Virechana Plan. Then I slept till 6.10am to be in time for the yoga class at 6.30am. Once in the class, I saw the …

That was the day she made herself the promise to live more from intention and less from habit. Now getting used to the pattern, I woke up after more than 8 hours of sleep, undisturbed by the sounds around, ready for yoga, this time taking my bandage on the right knee off before the class. …

Smile at strangers and you just might change a life. We had a good yoga class today, same instructor as the day 2 but he was stronger in his practice (if there is such a word). After an hour, we dispersed to get ready for breaky at 8am and met again with a fresh look. …

The freaky thing about nightmares is realizing that they were created by your mind. Today was a strange day, I had so many dreams jumping from one person to the other. This has happened before but sometimes I remember them so vividly. Like I had dreams of me being caught in the family home that …

“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” ― Anatole France How fast time flies, it will be a week for me tomorrow already. Today’s wake-up call didn’t take much convincing as my dreams kept waking me up. This time from being bitten by a rat on my finger with him still on …

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” Paulo Coelho Today I didn’t see time in the day except the morning alarm and time for meals. The routine was set in its way that I knew what was coming next. After yoga would be the amazing ghee procession, …

“Yoga is a light, which once lit will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter your flame.” B.K.S. Iyengar Today I saw butterflies! Wonder if they were always around? 5.30am and yoga was on my mind, needless to say today was the day 3 (last day) of cleansing with ghee. At 6am I went …

“She didn’t quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.” ― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die Today I woke up to the sounds from the nearby mosque, at 4.40am as precisely at 5am …

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting – Benjamin Franklin Today was the day! The day I could go back to eating after 4 days of fasting to cleanse the system, today was the day I would leave this centre for the one in Lakes & Mountains where I would spend the rest …

Every day, I like to wake up and remind myself to be grateful of the simple things – Miranda Kerr How do I describe what this morning was like? I was late for my wakeup call as I felt too was tired to wake up early, so reached the yoga place by 6.30am when it …

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” – Mortimer J. Adler There’s nothing like waking up just before light knowing well enough that somewhere between the yoga session, the sun will be up …

“I love the very exposed, humorous, imperfect, never-trying to-pretend-to-be-perfect journey that I have been on in my life” – Drew Barrymore Last night was interesting, as a calf decided it’s too early for us to sleep so started making noises since 930pm and the only thing I could think of is how are my neighbours …

“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit” – Banksy Life is like a Rubik’s cube, you try to match it all at once and you reach nowhere whereas if you break it down, work on layers by layers, you make some progress. Patience and perseverance remain the key behind the process and …

“When you allow yourself to be unpredictable, you step from the known into the unknown, where anything is possible” – Deepak Chopra After a grilling session of removing each tape from the back, I slept well. In fact, so well I didn’t wanna wake up in the morning but the thought of yoga practice at …

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy” – Dalai Lama Last night was nothing less of trouble as I slept around 9.30pm but slept slept by midnight, then again woke up at 3am and finally up by 5.30am. So many thoughts in my head that my mind couldn’t rest even though the body …

“All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam A good night sleep at last, woke up few times but sound sleep overall. Yoga was good, stretched a bit more and rested a bit more after every posture. Today the plan was …

“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you” – Robin S. Sharma Last night was an ok sleep, besides 3 wakeup calls to the bathroom I slept till 5.30am. At the breaky table I had …

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things” – Leonardo da Vinci The countdown had started, 3 more sleeps and back to where I currently belong. I woke up twice last night so that was …