Sometimes and yoga and waltz

Well I am listening to "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M ...so if thats any indication :). I am sure everybody in this world (and sorry for the generalization) fears something, dislikes something. I figured that life tends to throw more of what you dislike at you ... and the Einstein in me figured that its not that life throws more of it at you, its just that you tend to remember these more, more than the last time you smiled or the last time you laughed till tears came to your eyes.

(That reminds me, its been so long since I laughed till my stomach ached. Oh come, I am in this utterly despondent mood and I wish I could just snap out of it !)

I am not going to talk about what I fear most or dislike most or why I cry more often than not : "Why me"! But lets talk about what I have been doing new. I have been busy in Yoga and Dancing. And while yoga leaves me aching and groaning ........with muscles that I never knew existed ,writhing in pain everytime I move, at the same time there are so many things going on side by side. For one, there is a yoga class every day and each class is one of Iyengar, Power , Hatha yoga. So everyday, I get to see new people try out the yoga postures like me, some beginners who fall and get up like me. Others practised and experienced. I won't lie. I find yoga postures difficult. When I am balancing on one leg with both hands in the air, the only thing I can see are the beads of perspiration rolling down my forehead.
But did you ever know about why yoga has all these benefits. The simple trick is that, when you are doing these postures, there is no way in the world that you can think of anything else. So you are all there. So what, I am always all there!! Isn't that what you thought just now. Well think again. Even when you are reading this, there will be a million things swimming through your head, the yet to be cooked dinner, the unsolved program. Its very difficult to be all there. ... at anytime. And yoga teached you just that. Pretty neat according to me. But don't worry I am not trying to indoctrinate you or something.

Now that we are done with yoga, lets move to dancing. I watched this movie while I was in India. Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and the movie name just might be "Shall we dance"! Have you ever seen the waltzes or the salsas or the tangos ? Here I think I am going out of my breadth, because I know many people engage in learning to dance. India is all alive with salsa at the moment. Each dance is beautiful .....at the same time learning to dance is a lot of fun. Its one of the things I have always wanted to do. And I loved it. Especially the waltz. There is quite something about just twirling round the room with those steps ....effortlessly. The girl with her neck carved over the man's shoulder, her hand resting gently, and off you go. Especially if your partner is good (and mine was) ......... you will be left flying as if you were a ballerina. And so goes my love story with dance ...especially the waltz. Part of my childhood was Strauss and Tom and Jerry dancing to it, :) Its a great feeling to have been in their footsteps.

Sometimes I feel that the most difficult thing in the world is to get along with people. There are such a mixed bag of emotions and its so difficult atleast for me to get the proportions and reactions right. So far , I have always shied away from being aggressive, I still do. Its more like the ostrich head in the sand kind of attitude, if you know what I mean. And thats why the start of the blog ... its therapeutic for me :).