soothes your mind and provides flexibility to the body. At least,
that’s what someone had told me and had convinced me to join
the Yoga classes at the local gym. It was my second session and
I was in the process of finding my bearings. Instead, on that
fateful evening, I nearly lost my marbles.
I had taken up my position next to another gentleman who
seemed to have an Indian background like mine. We both looked
decisively Indian and definitely out of place on Yoga mats. The
instructor was demonstrating and explaining an easy method of
sitting in the perfect cross-legged position on the floor. While I
was grunting under my breath to get one thick thigh over the
other, my neighbour leaned across to me.
“Ah! You should have seen my late uncle.”
I stopped grunting and turned around to look at him.
“He would rise at least eight inches above the ground when he
sat cross-legged and meditated
hard,” said my neighbour.
I stared at him.
“Really?” I asked.
He smiled back with an ingratiating
smile and nodded.
“Did you say that he floated up in
the air?” I asked.
“Of course”
“Are you sure it was not the heat?”
He raised his white eyebrows.
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