Sri Sri Yoga for Kids

Teaching Children

I have always been inspired by children. Every time i see a child, i see a ray of hope. If my present sucks, i can work harder to make sure kids get better future. Well in fact this is what every parent wants. Some thing is very wrong in our system. Children are being robbed of their innocence and are stressed out. I have recently started taking youth courses for Juvenile Kids. They are no different then other kids.
Today was my first day.
While packing up one of the kids i had never spoken to helped me pack my yoga mat. I was touched by his gesture. They asked me if i would come back again to teach them yoga the next day. :) :)
On weekdays i go for an hour to teach theses kids yoga.
If you would like to contribute in any capacity please let me know.

Sri Sri Yoga

I have been wanting to write about Yoga for a long time. Yoga for me now is not just Asanas, its a lot more than that. Doing Asanas was a pain (literally). Touch here touch there .... weird poses. I literally used to skip the warm ups so that i can do my meditation. But alas life is not so simple. My body started rebelling and knees started hurting (I promise you that meditation is not possible even if your with god himself). This was when i woke up to the fact that meditation and yoga are complementary. During one of  the Yoga sessions i found that i was in completely meditative state yet in action. This was a very very new experience for me. Doing Yoga is definitely not about stretching more than other person.

I had sinus since i was in 4th std+back ache. Today i am a free birdie.

If you are deeply in love with yourself ,do come and attend Sri Sri Yoga.
(We will be preparing for Yogathon an all india national event where we will nail 108 suryanamaskars..... and yes certificates will given ....... ) .

Minor Side effects :
a) Increased Intuition
b) Happiness
c) Weight loss / Weight gain
d) Bye bye back ache!.

Details:
Dates: 16th to 20th March
Venue: Sri Sri Kutir, Kalyannagar
Timings :
Morning: 630am to 830am
Evening : 630pm to 830pm
Contact: +91-953834128
Email: krishnakalyan3@gmail.com

Balchetna Shibir

 Well i cannot imagine getting up @ 6 in the morning without a reason. Past few days the reason for waking early and doing my practice early are these cute little innocent kids!!. I guess i am learning more from them :D. Teaching 150 kids!!!this is as good as it gets. (There is always one kid talking, One kid throwing stones at others and one kid fighting at any given point to time). My life feels more useful at the end of the day. Today was the third day of the workshop. We shared a very stupid joke and all of them burst out laughing. Comon i am known for my horrible pjs but when you have audience which really appreciates ..... nothing like it  :D.
I am taking this beautiful course with Kiran. Kids love him. They love him so much that while playing the game they think he is a participant and form groups with him. Kiran being Kiran gives instruction for the course and also for the group he is in. At this juncture i do not know who is teaching whom. 1 word to describe this course is UTTER CHAOS and CELEBRATION!!. I can feel that god through them. This post is dedicated to '150 Beautiful KIDS who literally rock my world'.

Satsangs!!

When i was studying in hyderabad i used to have a bike to travel. Usually I would just hum some tunes while driving (Usually Satanic Rock songs and Hindi Songs). Well let me confess that i am not much of a singer. When i was in school my music teacher tagged me as one of the 'besura' students and did not make it to the school choir (Thank GOD!!!). One fine day i was driving back home and started humming a bhajan. That day i realized that there was a shift in the way my brain thinks (consciousness). I would feel elated when ever i would listen to devotional music (get goose bumps ,throat chocking with gratitude,etc ....). I was completely transformed. Some how i was talented enough to play the guitar without any formal training and  i started singing. When we open up our minds to the infinite possibilities in life talents come up. I cannot imagine my self the way i was before the Art of living. Now I feel and think differently. There is something inexpressible in music and i do my best to express it and i have always FAILED.
(Above Pic from Left to Right : Me,Namita Di, Shreya Didi, Rahul ,Meenal Didi) YES!+ satsang at Visnagar with 500 kids!.

Ahmedabad

Well I just finished MY TTC!! and gurudev blessed me to take Art Excel,YES! and YES!+. Decided to organize and take my first yesplus. As an organizer i learnt a lot. It changed the way i look at life. The stakes were as high as ever. YES!+ with SHREYA DIDI. It need to be BIG!!. Usually when complete responsibility is taken it comes with stress (tension that where will people come from?). I mentally made a note that full responsibility will be taken by me like a feather not like a rock on my head and that's how my experience was. 400 + youth did kriya . Course was organized by students who had not done the AOL course. Used technology (SKYPE sessions with didi), Online database, Bulk smses . The management was shocked by such a good response.

Got bored of intro talks and started doing satsangs in classrooms. Realized it doesn't matter what you say more important is in what state of being you are blabbering. It doesn't matter if you sing,dance ,play games ,talk for 5 min or talk for hour and half at the end its your range and signal strength to the TOWER. Students in ahmedabad are good dancers. The moment we played music they automatically formed a circle and stated dancing in a FORMATION (garba). Rythm and beat are ingrained in their DNA.

I felt i had made a mistake...... and i asked didi for her feedback shreya didi replied " Krishna i don't see any mistakes because i don't see any faults in you" . Its very easy to be critical but to have perfection in feeling level...... this is one of the amazing qualities in shreya didi .

In one of the satsangs in bangalore ashram some one asked swami bhramatej "how do i get rid of negative thoughts" and swamiji replied " i dont know...." "i don't get negative thoughts"(WHAT!!!!) but it was the way he said it that i realized, that i am in the presence of perfected beings.

Tuffy The Puppy

Well i am sure you like my blog and like what i write. This blog is dedicated to all my roomies. I will introduce them as the story progresses. Ashwani was my roomate,now he a full time YES!+ faculty in lucknow. As we were getting to know each other as roommates very well,one day we contemplated on having a dog. Dogs are cute (puppies). I had gone to do my thing during summer vacations to bangalore and when i returned i saw a cute puppy. All of us fell in love with him. It could barely walk straight. The innocence in his eyes would make any one cuddle him. Its one of those things one has got to do as a bachelor (ex: going to GOA, adopt a STRAY dog,all the things mom would not let us do,watching movies non stop for a days without going to loo). Getting a doggy seemed so right especially when the dog was stray. We were not sure if the dog had rabies( Being in Art of Living we dont judge people/puppies and accept every one beyond race,cast,creed,religion and sex). Responsibility to feed the dog was taken by Ashwani, as he had got it home. We expected the dog to walk itself (we had a 2000sq.ft floor space). But little we knew of the evil it could do.
Be tuned for the next post:
Prewiew:
Snehil to Ashwani "either the dog stays or me" ,Ashwani "fine you leave"
Maid quits after seeing the "poop"
Tuffy gets a kennel to sleep in :D :D.

Bhakti

I need to collect my thoughts on this one. Its the only thing that seems real in this world or sometimes every thing else seems so real. If you have not felt it, you will not be able to understand a word of what i am going to say. It not merely love but something beyond that. It is a feeling where each and every cell of your body ...... is in that state, that moment.
I have noticed a pattern in my life which has given me strength or faith on my path.

1)I have been so helpless whenever i have taken or challenged things larger than life, when at that point when no knowledge seems to work.
2)This feeling of helplessness ferments and ferments.
3)Ferments more.
4)Amazingly all odds turn to your favour and you are victorious.

This feeling, that every thing will be alright at the end gives me immense faith on my guru and on my path. These days fear in non existent in my lexicon.This is because i have failed may times. But still i am every ready to take panga(take on things larger than life) with the divine because it is only then i get to feel him completely. I have prayed from him, for an opportunity to do seva (larger than life style).He is the one doing seva and he is the one looking after me 'in time of trouble'. He has taught me how to play the guitar and he is the one who has bestowed me with grace. If you get a chance please listen to Bhakti sutras by guruji. I have crossed oceans of misery with these sutras. Well lets not delay and lets spread the fire of bhakti around the world.

My Holidays Part 1.

(A view of papanasam temple from gurujis house)
My Semester holidays had begun. That is the only time when i do something meaningful in my life. I caught a train for tirchy as soon as my exams finished where i assisted a Yes! course with Shreya Di. Around 150 people celebrated,danced and meditated. To know more about her you can read my earlier posts. She was my first teacher and i was one of her first students. Now She is the youngest TTC teacher and takes Part1,SSY,AE&YES!,YES!+,KYC,KYT,UTSAH,UTSAV workshops to name a few. We were staying in a apex body members house. In a span of 4 day Didi had taken almost 5 workshops for students teachers and the parents combined. The amount of creativity that comes up during her courses is amazing. "I am 100% available for anything "it was a felling which i was floating. We went to Papanasam -Gurujis house and it is said that if you go around the ganesh temple outside all your paap of your previous and future life gets removed. At the end of the course a Poor Muslim boy came and gave me a keychain he said that he has never felt like this before and started crying with tears of gratitude. This magical journey ended and i had to go back to the ashram to begin another one where guruji was there and Sahil bhaiya had some plans for me.