Heaven is a place called SVYASA

Any doubts? See for yourself. Lots of pictures there with mine to follow.

This one's going to be quick. Woke up at six o'clock this morning to a whirlwind of rickshaw-dealing and bumpy rides. Thank God I took my usual "get there way early because something's gonna go wrong" approach - the website had the wrong time and I made my bus by five minutes. Oh and this is one of those way the hell out in the boonies kind of places where there's ONE bus per day at seven in the morning and if you miss it, you try again tomorrow. But Shiva-be-praised, I made it in the end and now here I sit, typing in the library of the world's leading yoga research institution.

Had a nice breakfast with the many students, patients, researchers and other visitors here before meeting with the scientists and seeing their facilities. Totally amazing research going on here - physiology, psychophys, EEG, sleep studies, you name it, they're doing it. fMRI even through a partnership with NIHAS (but not here sadly). The generous scientists are prepared to pile heaps of research upon me, which I am only too happy to take. Have only scratched the surface but they are treating and researching yoga applications to everything under the sun: cancer, asthma, diabetes, hypertension, schizophrenia, PTSD, anxiety, depression, the list goes on and on. Promising results on all fronts, I look forward to getting into the research nitty gritty.

And did I mention it's bloody beautiful here? The campus is tucked away in a veritable forest of greenery: palm trees swaying, birds chirping, it's the kind of place I could stay for a while. And I hope to do just that someday - they've got monthlong yoga courses for all comers not to mention BS, MS, and PhD programs in yoga, yoga therapy, yoga science, so forth and so on. This is the place alright. More brain candy soon - time now for more interviews!