by Ranjani Rao | Sep 20, 2022 | In books
A few weeks ago I asked writers to recommend their favorite books about writing. I knew the standard books that everyone suggests, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg and On Writing by Stephen King. But I wanted unusual...
by Ranjani Rao | Aug 23, 2022 | In words
My tryst with yoga began at the gym at my workplace in California. Returning to the laboratory six weeks after giving birth had not been easy. My body felt like a shapeless semi-deflated balloon. I dragged myself to work each day with sleep-deprived eyes that seemed...
by Ranjani Rao | Apr 27, 2020 | In the moment
“Yoga is the journey of the Self, to the Self, through the Self.” Bhagavad GitaSeveral years ago, I spent a month in an ashram in Kerala in order to get certified as a “yoga teacher.” I had been practising yoga for almost fifteen years,...
by Ranjani Rao | Apr 4, 2020 | In words
What do you think is worse ? The terror of the blank page or an overflowing fount of ideas with no outlet? Writers often suffer from writer’s block. Not me. I catch ideas faster than I catch a cold .They drop into my consciousness during my sleeping and waking hours....
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