All these days, I spoke about āsanās and a bit of prānāyāmā. Good, but generally considered soft. Today I speak of martial arts. Good, but generally considered rough. Karate is an art… that combines the ying and the yang, the hard and the soft, the kata and the Kumite… Yog is a way of life, that …
Beauty mostly lies in simplicity, doesn’t it? This is true for design, for speech and writing, in makeup and dressing up, and also in health and fitness. Count the small things in, and build on them. Rather than a top-down approach where you look for one-two hour exercise routines. One such simple exercise is the …
Today’s āsanā is a bit difficult for beginners, and often done wrong. Would suggest that you go through some basic āsanās before trying this one out. We are around halfway across the 30*30 challenge, and it’s time to step up the game. The warmup is done, now comes the serious bit. Hopefully:) At the end …
The 30*30 challenge continues, but contrary to my expectations, I lag behind my teammates. Happy in a way, but the competitor in me is awake as yet, so let’s see if I can make it up. What is not so encouraging is my diet. It’s haywire. Completely non-compliant. This is a vicious circle – the …
There are a hundred exercises to choose from when you go to a gym. Well, it isn’t even called a gym anymore. Its called a fitness studio. You can pick a couple of classes of cardio, add a core workout to the mix, a dash of yoga and pilates, a cycle hour and well, you …
45 is an odd number. Yes, odd from the number system perspective. But also odd from the perspective of life. It’s not a crossroads number (that’s mostly 40, for some reason). It’s not a halfway marker (wishes horses but stats say otherwise). It’s kind of halfway through a decade that ends in 50 (which seems …
How many of you find it difficult to just sit, for around 30 minutes? By sit I don’t mean on a computer, or watching Netflix. Sitting as in without doing a thing, by not being busy, and also away from your phone. Yes I know. Sitting is fine, but the moment I mentioned ‘away from …
I saw Ponniyin Selvan 1 yesterday. I know some people (non-Tamil) were possibly disappointed, since they expected something on the lines of Bahubali, whereas PS1 is more character-driven. The Tamil spoken in the movie is more classical, and music to the ears. I would like to see the movie again, just to hear the dialogues! …
Today is Ekādashi. Vratā, but work continues, and today was a busier day than usual. But the 30*30 challenge continues, and so I took my last two calls on the trot, thus completing around an hour of brisk walking. Best of both worlds! On days like this, you can try the Balasana – becoming a …
What started as a stop-gap arrangement, has now turned into a standard practice exercise routine. From the past two days, I have been taking non-essential calls over a brisk walk – it’s the best of both worlds. The body keeps working, and the mind too gets some relaxation. No stress as these are calls that …
