{"id":5793,"date":"2015-07-30T15:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/?p=5793"},"modified":"2015-07-30T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:43:24","slug":"safe-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=5793","title":{"rendered":"Safe in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My plane landed in Mumbai this morning at 2:15 am, and I arrived safely in Pune around 7:15. The drive was crazy. It was raining, pouring at times, and my driver was a maniac. I went straight out of business class to absolute insanity.<\/p>\n<p>After showering I met up with my yoga friend Jill from Australia. We&#8217;re both staying at the Chetak Hotel tonight and tomorrow night and moving into the 3-bedroom Anugraha flat next door to the Institute Saturday (the same flat where I stayed in 2013).<\/p>\n<p>Here I am with Jill and Harshada (in between us) who manages both the Chetak and the Anugraha flat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3452.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3452.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jill and I took our umbrellas for a walk to the Institute this morning to check in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3470.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3470.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;Il never forget the first time I walked into the courtyard at the Institute in 2013, turning the corner to see Guruji sitting on a bench by the door. His presence was so strong, and it still is. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_34591.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_34591.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3462.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3462.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We ran into Vashant (in between Jill &amp; me), a very nice man who I purchased some t-shirts from in 2013. The guy on the left is the man who sells coconuts after class every day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3488-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3488-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corn Club will now come to order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_35051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_35051.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wifi is frustrating and I&#8217;m having difficulties uploading photos to the blog. Maybe I&#8217;ll have better luck tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><i>Blogged on Amma&#8217;s iPhone from iNdia with LOVE!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My plane landed in Mumbai this morning at 2:15 am, and I arrived safely in Pune around 7:15. 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