Soma Purana

This post is meant evolve with time. I don't think any of the yoga methods is meant for losing weight. Some may indeed lose weight. But that should not be your focus to start or continue yoga. Losing weight requires dieting. I did not lose weight. Actually, I gained about 15 pounds in two years. The ones who regularly practice yoga but haven't lost a pound might say they gained muscle mass. The fact is I don't even look like I have lost weight.  Regular practice is important. If you don't practice regularly, then the yoga seems like a painful chore. I do yoga every day and I look forward to it.  It does not become easier. I have been practicing Bikram yoga non-stop for two ears but I still feel achy after every practice. I find difficulty in every one of the 26 asanas in Bikram yoga. I do find improvements in my asanas; they don't come soon. In my case, I can sense a slight improvement in an asana after many months.  I believe yoga helps in many aspects of ...

On Monday June 22, 2015, I finished 730 Bikram yoga classes in 730 days. Actually, it is 731 classes. It is strictly not in a row since the yoga studio was closed on three days due to snow and I missed two days due to vacation. But I made up by doing doubles on six days.

For the first time, went to New York city Times Square and did Bikram yoga out in the open. It was a fantastic experience. Parvathi and I first went to Brooklyn to Neeraja's place. Dropped her new bike and and took the subway to proceed to Manhattan Times Square. Unfortunately, Parvathi had to register and go to one place and Neera and I went another. We met up after a full 90-minute yoga class. Rajashree Choudhury, Donna Rubin, and Jennifer Lobo conducted the class. Donna and Jennifer led the standing series and Rajashri led the floor series. Parvathi was in the location where Rajashree was there which was great. Neera and I were in another location where Rajashree and othrer instructor's voice came over the speakers and two outstanding yogi's practiced on the stage for us. They were Joseph Ensinia and Charly Seamon. Charly was Neeraja's instructor. I spoke to both afterwords and Charly said a strange thing. She said, she recognized me because I looked just lik...

N started her work after graduation with Paul Latham Design . The projects started to shrink in that firm and she started looking for another job (Joyce Silverman Interiors ). She started her work at the new design firm on the same day as her last day with Latham. In fact, she worked part of the day with Latham and rushed to her new work.

A good video ...

I saw a a good explanation in this video .

Here is the link to the paper. Very interesting paper. Pretty long, I am still reading it...

As I continue my quest to learn more and more in genomic science, I am finding how critical it is to understand statistics. Here is a good article that was published in NY Times.