Yoga Classes and Training at New Delhi India

(Five Classes To Improve Your Love Life) YogalifeThe class rushed to the glass windows. I cowered in the far opposite corner. The teacher, Meher Malik, quizzed the excited class if we should postpone belly dancing and run for safety. No one (except me) seemed ready to leave and one girl shouted she would be happy to die belly dancing. So, class was called back to order, and Arabic music once again filled the small studio. While I spent the next 20 minutes gripped in a private argument in my head (“You’re really risking death for a ridiculous assignment?” “How will you dying improve your romantic life?”), slowly the loud music and the intricate dance moves pushed the worries from my mind. An hour into the class, I was surprised to hear one of the girls shout, pointing towards the window, “We’re okay! The police just removed the bag!” Entranced in my dancing, I had forgotten all about the bomb threat. A student balances on Sanjeev Bhanot’s legs in the bow pose. Harikrishna Katragadda / Mint The class wound up being the only class this week where I wasn’t focusing on the boyfriend or on us as a couple. This slow, seductive dancing had nothing to do with him. It was all about me, my hips and the pounding music. And it was darn sexy. Malik says the dance “is such a feminine thing” and at a certain point, she says, she can actually see her students stop feeling insecure and start loving their bodies. Had Malik told me this before class, I would have likely scoffed at her. But after 2 hours of jutting my hips, rolling my shoulders and twisting my body, I was a convert. I felt gorgeous, feminine and ready for a glittery shawl. And if my mother is to be believed, the most attractive thing about a person is their self-confidence. So, while I’d like to skip the bombs next time, here’s to more belly shaking in my near future. New batches start every month and cost Rs1,500 for four classes. For details, log on to www.bellydancingindia.com Synchronized breathing Conveniently, while I laboured away at classes in the name of love, my partner was out of town on a month-long business trip. While this probably worked to our advantage—I got to vet the classes without having to put up with his adorable habit of whining—I did face a bit of a conundrum when I signed up for couple’s yoga. I had to ask the boyfriend permission to borrow his best friend as an understudy. I think he was okay with it until he started picturing actual yoga positions. I dragged pseudo-boyfriend to the Yogalife studio in Shahpur Jat in south Delhi for a couple’s yoga workshop. As it turns out, couple’s yoga is, well, couple-y. To start, we hold hands, stare into each other’s eyes and synchronize our breathing: He breathes out, I breathe in. To make matters worse, our teacher Sanjeev Bhanot, all in the name of a good education, waxed philosophical about the utter importance of breathing in the practice of Tantra, in Kama Sutra, in life and in love. It’s turned out to be near impossible to synchronize breathing while staring into the eyes of the boyfriend’s best friend, especially when said best friend happens to have deep blue eyes. I couldn’t stop giggling like a 12-year-old. Thankfully, I wasn’t the only one. My partner was also unable to maintain sobriety. The teacher finally gave up and placed us back-to-back to breathe. It got a lot easier at that point. (New batches start every month and cost Rs1,500 for four classes. For details, log on to Yogalife.org). Click here for details" Please log on to http://www.yogalife.org Contact Details: NEW DELHI, INDIA Contact Person: Sanjeev Bhanot Telephone:   +91-9811863332 E-Mail: sanjeev@yogalife.org / yogalife@gmail.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Contact Person: Poonam Telephone : +41 797093259 Visit us at  : http://www.yogalife.org Thanks & Regards, Yogalife


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YogaLife started in 1999 with the intention of spreading good health and well being through yoga. Over the years, under the expert guidance of founder Sanjeev Kumar Bhanot, YogaLife has grown successfully into an established yoga institute, recognized by international authority on yoga, RYS (Registered Yoga School).

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