Dhyana Yathra........2007

Dear Gowri

Seventy Two hours from this time (I mean on thursday), I will be sitting in TN express to go to New Delhi to join the group scheduled for Dhyana Yathra for 13 full days....The troupe starts from Delhi on saturday and reaches back Delhi during the day of Thursday....and I have booked return ticket by Jet Airways at 8 PM on 11th September....

It had been a long pending dream for me and normally the group leaves every alternate year...while I was awaiting to go during 2008, this invitation came in the website and I was the first one in Madras to reach the Centre with a DD....& here I am getting mentally ready !!!physically....????

Thats the nice part of it - though there were clear instruction to walk at least for 6 kilometres daily to minimise the pain. It is expected that we cover a distance of 105 Kilometres in total....and its going to be quite strenous considering the hilly terrain...we are covering Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gomukh, Kanthi Sarovar.....etc., and also a place called Thapovan which they challenge the fittest of the fittest alone will venture as it is quite risky...needless to say, I have already decided to avoid it taking rest with the perusus of the tour.....

...And How did I practise, I have been resolving to walk from "the next day" and ended up without getting early for one whole month...and suddenly, in a huge sense of urgency, I walked to and fro to Guindy from my house (around 10 kilometres) on last saturday leaving my calf muscles stretched.....I knew it will happen but thought, its better to have it right now and have been walking around 1 hour on yesterday and tomorrow...

Hopefully I will set a record to do walking for three more days...and ensure that I have walked for 5 days instead of 50 days.....The pain is much better today and I am telling myself that psychologically I am ready for the tour...

Sadhguru used to be there for the whole of 13 days few years back, last year - I heard that he just turned up to one of the spots where he gave a lecture and left away to his jam packed schedule....and this year, I can see in the website that he is in US since 27th of september.....so this tour is more to test my stamina and to have a long break than having some precious time in the company of sadhguru....

Sadhguru keeps telling that "any one who is born in the land of India should visit Himalayas before his pair of legs become weak...." because "Himalayas is Himalayas !!"..... I am really happy that I am making it quite young.....!!

So..two more days of musings on jolly musings...suchoo will be jolly "moaning" from saturday onwards.....!! Krishnaarpanam....

suchoo