So we were trying to get in touch with Anaida and she was nowhere to be found. On her whatsapp her status was “In the jungles , bad signal. will return calls later”. So we thought she had taken off on one of her numerous treks but a quick respond from Sandra her assistant told us she is away at a yoga camp.
Yoga camp we asked? what is she doing at a yoga camp?
She is doing a teachers training course , she will tell you about it herself , i do not know much more.
So it took two months before we heard from her, we were beginning to get worried and send a search party for you we said.
She laughed and said oh no. Everyone should be used to me appearing and diapering by now. I was doing a yoga teachers training course and was cut off from the rest of the world and it was absolutely divine.
So tell us more we said. We could hear her giggling with delight,There was a different kind of energy about her laugh and we pointed that out to her.
It does feel different doesn’t it? I truly feel yoga affects your being overall, body, mind and soul .It affects your personality. Kind of “tunes you up” as to say.
So you been doing yoga for long?
This time she really laughs hard, believe it or not NO! This was my first experience! -I have hardly done any yoga but this course was some seriously intense stuff. 5 am to 8 pm kinda schedule… and you jumped in straight into an intense teachers training course? we asked, Oh yes! if you are going to do something then do it properly.
So are you going to be a yoga teacher now?
Well, if i do teach yoga at any point for any reason, i would be teaching it well . she quipped
Then why the training course?
See in the last few years and specially after the response to my meditation album and tracks , more and more life is taking me into directions of healing. I have been doing so many alternate therapy courses last 10 years and specially after my mom passed away. It has been a life long passion and how on earth would i forget yoga? This beautifully ancient physical science that this land and its wise humans have gifted the rest of the world? so i wanted to learn about it and so decided to do this course. So if i ever have to recommend yoga in my healing, i understand it in and out and my comments would be well informed.
So tell us more. how was it?
A revelation i would say. I am extremely fortunate to have found the teacher that i did. It made all the difference. You see despite being an artist and floating in the clouds with creativity half the time I enjoy the science of things very much. Also i like having a pretty open mind when it comes to anything esoteric and out of ordinary, yet, i have a very logical mind. I need things to make sense to me overall. It is all great to talk about energy and how its directed and this and that , but you can only talk freely like that when you do have a strong base , and i like it when something makes logical sense to me. makes absorbing it so much more fun. And this teacher approaches the subject with so much knowledge and sense. We discussed each and every bone, muscle and tendon and what it does and why and how of it and then in relation to yoga and Asanas etc. It was seriously intense and sometimes an overload of information and the other girls in my batch were already yoga teachers or practicing yoga for years. But hey, by the end of it. i nailed it and how! there is so much delight in her voice that we catch ourselves smiling along with her.
So are we going to be seeing her now in a yogini avatar?
Ooh I would love that. Am not sure what it would be but it sure sounds good. She chuckles.
So what else are you working on we ask her?
I have just got back into normal life and have to get ready for an art showing am having in Pune and a project am doing with food.
Food? what are you doing with food?
Will let you all know soon enough. All i can say is that it would be Yummy!
First i have to finish the plans for the art showing. am thinking if i should have it on my birthday for a change. Make sure you invite us then. we remind her with bells on. wish all your readers a happy new year for me she chirps as she bids us bye. We think she ‘d look good in a yogini avatar.
