Today a gorgeous class outside at Restore. My regular said it was like doing yoga with a constellation of daisies. Bring on the summer!! Can't wait to do more classes outside there- as most of the recovery from mental illness work they do is gardening- there are such beautiful areas to yoga in.

And to top off a lovely day my regular at the homeless day centre (who is just leaving prison) text me this:

bless u anne. its so nice to feel like a normal human being and not a number.           i lookforward to the next time.        

Namaste!

• Total transparency about where your yoga class fees go to
• Total reassurance that everything monetary left after rent and all that jazz goes into spreading yoga around disadvantaged groups
• More charity classes! It will be easier for me to get an audience with charities to whom we will provide yoga (reception is positive anyway- but now it is very clearly established)
• More yoga teachers signing up to their own quotas! As a bone fide charity, teachers will be even more ready to sign up to their own quota.

Quite a few people who are dabbling in yoga are doing so from the purely physical perspective.

And I'm definitely not judging you for that!!

However, even if it just a toned bum you're after, not enlightenment. Or just injury recovery rather than spiritual healing... it would be worth checking into some of these programs as a 'nod' to the vast and rich background of India where yoga was developed.

I aim to listen to most of them... hopefully they'll release a CD or something but tuning in through BBC iplayer usually. Buddha was the first episode and I think you can still get it on iplayer (hurry!)

But for yogis interested in learning more about the context from which all your asana and your suranamaskars come from... it is well worth a listen!

BBC Incarnations- The 50 men and women behind India's story

Image from BBC: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02rc0l3.jpg