Tag: yoga
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Baby Yoga
Although there are many health, nutrition, and educational deficiencies in Indian villages, I am always struck by the things that are healthy about village life. Many smart, happy people have emerged from modest village roots. I am staying in an AmritaServe adopted village, Hadiabad, Bihar, with the R.P. Singh family. Three brothers, their wives, children and parents are living in one large house. Thirteen plus guests. The children move easily from person to person getting so much attention. One beautiful ritual I witness every morning is when the grandmother, Dewanti Devi massages the youngest child, Satyam for nearly twenty minutes.…
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From rat to Yoga
Musahar is a caste originally known as the “Rat Catchers”. Although they no longer practice that craft, they are still severly marginalised. Their village of Ratanpur is one of two Amrita Serve adopted villages in Bihar. Huts are made of mud. Pigs are raised and roam everywhere. Many children go unwashed even though there are multiple hand pumps in the village. In this environment, it is remarkable that 50 children would turn out for a Sunday morning yoga class. It has taken nearly two years of regular free tuition classes to convince a portion of the parents they can send…