Missing Links
Link to the previous blogpost https://hridayakamala.blogspot.com/2026/06/lost-in-transfer-culture-series-2.html About the same time I started watching Star TV there were two other things my parents made me do. First, I went for Yoga classes to alleviate my Asthma.Gautham master/ Yoga master, as I used to call him, was tall,dark, young with well oiled hair and a thick moustache. He was the calmest and warmest man I had seen, I was his first student. At the time, Yoga was unheard of in my social circle and that is probably why I could not fully appreciate the fact that he was from the siddha lineage of Suruli Swamigal. Nevertheless, I was respectful and obedient. My body’s natural flexibility allowed me to perfect the asanas with ease and earn his love and appreciation. Apart from asanas (physical exercises) and pranayama ( breathing exercises), he also spoke about yogic philosophies to the level of my understanding and made me participate in his annadanam service whenever po...