The Morning Ritual

We are lucky to be located where we are in Delhi, right near the beautiful Lodhi Gardens, which is a huge park complete with tombs and a mosque. The mornings are generally quite cool and thousands of locals converge to Lodhi Gardens to take their morning exercise, whether it be walking, yoga, jogging, badminton or cricket.

VSO has arranged a yoga instructor for our time in Delhi - you just need to be up at 5.30am to make it to the 6am class. I have gone most days and have really enjoyed it although I've been surprised at the difference in yoga here to other places where I've practiced. It seems to be much more like exercise, less like meditation. And it also incorporates "laughing yoga" which you can hear across the park. One can't help but laugh to hear others doing it and we've certainly had our share of passers by who have stopped to laugh with (at?) us. All you do is bend down, come up with your arms open wide and laugh the whole time. Repeat that five or ten times and you're sure to have a great day!