Guruji's worldtour

[Guest guest]

Anyone attending in NY please tell how it

goes.<br><br>In France we were around 80 people altogether some

for one week, most for both. We were from France,

Spain, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, US, UK, Germany, Greece

etc. Guruji was happy and healthy, even if he had to

cope with the rainy and quite cold French summer.

Saraswati and Sharath likewise.<br><br>The first week took

place in Lille in the house of Phillipe Mons, the

second week in Phillippe's farm in the countryside near

the ocean. Many of the french yogis have been

students of guruji for 10-15-20+ years and it was a

blessing to be around so much wisdom and discover an

astanga yoga comunity that has existed for so long.

<br><br>Guruju did count out 2 classes (primary)every morning at

7 and 8:30, 2 days he even did an extra class for

intermediate series students. Always happy and warm, and all

us who managed to get informations about the

workshop or just showed up in good trust, had this rare

opportunity to meet guruji and feel his very special

presense. A deep and wonderfull meeting took place. Thank

you guruji for coming to us.

[Guest guest]

Hello All!!!<br><br>We just finished the first

week of practice in NY with Guruji and and happy to

say he is happy and healthy. Though a bit tired from

so much traveling.<br>There are two classes in the

morning. Full Primary Series at a.m. and an abbreviated

Primary at 8 where he stops the class at Navasana and

concludes with finishing asanas...I believe lotus, then

savasana. Each class has over 150 students!!!! They are

from the east coast mainly with some west coast folk

in there as well. The energy in class is amazing and

it is quite a spectacle to watch so many yogis

practicing in sync. He has refused to use a P.A. system so

he is conducting the class using the power of his

own voice...fortunately the hall has major

reverberation so his voice carries and he is loud.<br><br>The

birthday celebration last week was great success. Guruji

was the guest of honor at the Ganesh puja which

lasted about an hour and a half at Eddie's studio, then

recieved gifts from students at the reception hall, where

the workshop is held. Many students gave him flowers

and garlands, I think he also got a lot of coffee and

chocolate. He left early that night to rest but everyone was

really happy and ate good south Indian food. There was a

documentary crew there to document the event so hopefully

most of you will have a chance to see it when it is

completed.We'll let you know when it airs and/or becomes

available.<br><br>more later....<br><br>hari om<br><br>irinji

[Guest guest]

Thanks Irinji-hope to see you next week.