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 | Nov 19, 2021 | In books
What’s better than having your book published? Having your work appear in another one! When I was informed that a piece I had written about life in Singapore in response to a call for submission for an anthology had been accepted, I had no idea that this book...
by Ranjani Rao | Feb 20, 2021 | In the world
Last month during a one-on-one discussion with my current boss in Singapore, he asked me what I needed in order to continue performing at my current level. “Flexibility,” I replied. The minute I said it, I was transported back in time to the day of my first annual...
by Ranjani Rao | Jun 3, 2020 | In the moment
Like everyone, my plans for 2020 gradually disintegrated. From travel – a highly anticipated trip to Bhutan that has now been rescheduled, to the long-awaited milestone of my daughter’s college graduation that will most likely occur online, all plans for the...
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,...
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