1
ears ago I studied yoga
under the tutelage of Sharat
Arora, of the Himalyan Yoga
Center just outside the town of
Dharamsala in India.
Together with a bunch of foreign
backpackers we learned a simple and
effective way to do a yoga routine
that began to work its physical,
emotional and mental wonders
almost instantly.
It’s long been a cliché in both the
West and the East that westerners
are impatient, overambitious, and
that they need to get what they want
as quickly as possible.
Conversely, the east is perceived
as a place where history unfolds over
eons and progress movesat the speed
of a silkworm, often through a series
of lifetimes.
Sharat helped to dispel at least
one of those myths by attacking yoga
with the fervor of a rock and roll
swami. He yelled at us, cajoled us,
implored us and genuinely helped us
all acheive a great deal in a very
short time.
I, for one, felt that the routine (at
its essence) was so logical and easy
to remember that it was no trouble
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