Funnyman Tapan Trivedi

Yoga and Why Breathing is important !!

This weekend was an amazing one. Atleast for me. I am slowly realizing what it means to be truly devoted to one person and what it means to BE WITH someone. I enjoy all the wonderful time we spend doing stuff or doing absolutely nothing. Mandy is someone I feel absolutely comfortable doing NOTHING with. I can just sit down and read and her reading something completely different and feel this fantastic glow emanating from her which brings so much joy - much more than the stupid 'Who let the blogs out?' book I am reading now

Now on to the main event.We went to the temple again on Sunday . After a fleeting misdirection we reached the temple and the ceremony and chanting was just beginning. The chants of the Maha Mantra was something that I found very satisfying. We talked to a woman name Bhakti who had essentially quit everything in her life her grown up kids, business, house etc to take up the life of a 'sanyasin' i.e. devote herself to Lord Krishna. Interesting perspective on the movement. She said something about the soul being the primary vehicle and it goes from body to body to body as we change clothes or cars. Interestingly going from body to body to body is something I describe as being single. We sat with another couple from Tucson Tad and Elena who were transplants from Michigan and Oregon .

Bhatki came and sat with us while we were having the wonderful vegan feast . She talked about how the Hindus believe that we have a limited number of breaths rather than a limited amount of time . This is why the slowing down of breaths is extremely important. That is why the crux of any Yoga practice should be the control of the breath ALONG with any other goals you might have such as flexibility, developing strength or just staring into the nice full ass of the woman bending in amazing poses in front of you. Don't forget to breathe. They actually say that in the Yoga classes. I always found that interesting. Jeez sorry, if you wouldn't have told me I would not have known at all huh !!! Remember to breathe. Now I know why they say that.

We also saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with our friends Tom and Summer and Chad and Amy Lehrman. It was a delight to see the movie and go to dinner afterwards with Chad and Amy. Tom seemed to go home cause he was not doing well. That seems to be an ongoing theme for him. Getting sick and going home. He left at the Dambe project as he was not doing well. He left right after the movie cause he was not doing well . Hey Tommy - hope you feel better . Change the herbs. Seems they ain't working......


One interesting sideline conversation with Bhakti was that how the people who cook at the temple need to know the EXACT quantities of spices to mix because they are not allowed to taste or smell the foods. This is because they are cooking the food for Krishna first and without offering him the food they cannot consume the same. I remember my mom running to the altar at home at times while cooking to 'ask for forgiveness' if she tasted the food.

posted by THE Original Indian Comedian @ 2:39 PM