I am going to Portland to see my teacher, Kausthub Desikachar. He arrived yesterday from Australia and we will be studying proper sequencing for yoga asana. This is a topic that I have studied many times before, but there is always room for improvement. The lovely thing of sequencing in the style of T. Krishnamacharya is that he asked us only to include what is necessary and nothing more. Therefore many of the sequences are shorter than expected. This makes it challenging to fill a 2-hour yoga class with asana. Thank goodness for all of the other tools of yoga that we use in a class such as pranayama, chanting, meditation and visualization.

But more than just taking a group class with Kausthub, I look forward to the time I will spend with him personally. I have emailed him today with some questions that I had and hopefully we will be able to get together to talk about them. I am wondering what direction I should proceed with in my Vedic Chanting, as my teacher Jayanthi recently passed away.

The day I get home, my husband leaves for 2 weeks to study the Yoga Sutras chapter 1 and 2 with Kausthub. Kausthub is also his teacher and George has only studied chapter 1 of the Yoga Sutras, so he is very excited to go also. This means time apart, but it is well worth the effort and time. Also, I think that is to good for a relationship to have a spiritual center, where each partner has his or her studies alone, but also together. We are very thankful that Kausthub is the teacher to both of us. We also finds that he helps tremendously in our relationship trials and celebrations. We would not have the relationship that we do (which is cherished by both of us) if it were not for Kausthub.