END OF 2016 GENEVA RACE
END OF 2016 GENEVA RACE Like many, I closed 2016 by running the 39th Geneva race, popularly known as “Course de l’Escalade”. It was a cold day, rather night. Earlier I skirted the temptation to getaway to warmer lands. How could I skip my 22-year race? On Saturday 3 December temperature flickered around 3°C. To stay warm…
STONEHENGE TO MARSEILLES
From Stonehenge to Marseilles It’s 7.00,19 October, 2016, I step into the empty pedestrian street with many small restaurants with shutters still down. Turning left towards the nearby old Port I witness the bright full moon in the blue grey sky that the sun has not yet succeeded to dim. The strong mistral whipped the…
STONEHENGE CURE IN BATH
A PERFECT CURE Quite a few days earlier I fixed to meet my close and dear ones in Cardiff. This intention did not please the Stonehenge spirit that was continuously shadowing me all the time. It subtly changed the minds of the people I would have loved to see or made them unavailable on that day.…
STONEHENGE MAGIC AND TWO JAGJITs
STONEHENGE MAGIC AND TWO JAGJITs I attribute many coincidental things that happened to me to the magic of Stonehenge.(See the previous post : https://bigbangyoga.org/my-return-to-stone-age/) Foreseeing that I was coming it took over the control of nearly all my intentions before I even stepped on the Stonehenge Island. What I tell you is my after-thought; I…
MY RETURN TO STONE AGE
BACK TO STONE AGE Stonehenge has fascinated me since I learnt about it more than half a century ago. I have been near it innumerable times but never saw it. I know that my stretch of life is insignificant in geological terms. In September 2016 a sudden drop in my activities caused a depressing time…
My Hajj
My Hajj I swiftly abandoned the thought of a Hajj to Mecca when I watched the throngs of pilgrims in the dusty heat so far away. To escape the suffocating heat of Geneva I locked on a pilgrimage to the nearby mountains of central Switzerland. My short pilgrimage trek from the picturesque village of Sachseln…
Running Geneva Semi-Marathon
Geneva Marathon 2016 – in memory of Nirmal. Geneva Marathon started 12 years ago. I run the half marathon. I missed it in 2010. This year I did not wait until the last day before enrolling with the good intention of training hard. You know what humans are like. Other attractions, temptations and not ill-health…
Master of fate, captain of soul
It’s quarter to nine in the evening. I have just returned from my 7-km jog quite wet. I was restless having rested for a long stretch of time in front of my computer screen. Outside I saw the dark clouds. My body demanded exercise and my brain obeyed. Sweating in the rain reminded me of…
Why running is a top-quality meditation
Running in Mandement (Geneva) Saturday 29 August 2015 The commonly known practice of meditation is a proven mental therapy and a way to cool down and relax nerves after a strenuous day of taking decisions. Yet I often ponder if meditation as typically practiced and not doing anything else really leads to total wholesome health,…
