Isha Yoga Center

Isha Yoga Center is a sacred place situated about 40kms from Gandhipuram (Coimbatore). I got to know about th place from one of our facilitators at the training facility. Last Saturday I visited this Center. I and two of my friends boarded the bus from our training facility to Gandhipuram. Gandhipuram is the main market of Coimbatore, now at Gandhipuram we had no idea of the bus no to be board so as to reach Sirovani Dam, yes dear readers we were actually planning to visit Sirovani Dam.

Shocked!!!

 But as we know that everything is not in our hands; there is one superpower. We all are puppets. He (God) wanted us to visit the Yoga Center; so he diverted us there. Actually the language played the role of God. Can you Imagine How?

 We were unable to get the bus no which would take us from Gandhipuram to Sirovani dam, we already knew that Isha Yoga center is also a good place. Its name was written in English in the display board at the Bus station. So we all thought to visit the Isha Yoga center only.

Bus no 14D travels from Gpuram to Isha, we got the bus. Now some incidents of bus:

I was gathering all the information about Sirovani dam from the conductor; he could not understand a word said by me. A Coimbatore girl was observing all this, she said tell me ill interpret it to conductor. With this instance I just wanted to tell you how good Coimbatore people are.

Now after some time, an adult man boarded the bus. He didn’t have the place to sit; he was standing there for some time. I thought I should give him my seat, but second thought came in my mind which made me practical, I thought my stop is the last one and I have to stand for like half an hour, if I give him my seat. I didn’t have up from my seat. After some time he tried to sit on floor at that time I gave him my seat.

I also took some more help from the same girl to understand more about outing places in Coimbatore. Finally we reached Isha, and saw a video telling about the temple. Shivling and how Sadhu (I forgot the name of the saint). But we were still blank to what to do and where to do. I just got to see a senior girl from my office only. I confirmed the same by asking her the name of training facility. She told us go to snan kund (Sacred Bathing place) and the main temple The Shivling. We went to tickrt counter for bathing, but it happened to be the ladies timing, so we visited the Shivling. We were said to wait outside in pin drop silence outside the main Dome of Shivling, so that people from the inside come out. As soon as they came, we went in. It was really nice feeling inside the dome, in a completely different spiritual environment; you have to feel it to understand it.

On the route to Isha one friend saw some flower farm within a kilometer distance from Isha. We decided to visit there. En route we saw tamarind trees, we plucked some of them. Its always a fun to pluck fruits from trees and eat them (as many might have done in their childhood and if not you have missed a really good activity).

After all this we went to flower farm, but the residents yelled something in tamil, which we took it as get out he he he. In the next farm, we took permission from one of the resident to took some pictures, as we were taking another peson started yelling on us, which we not took it as “get out or Ill Kill you” he he he, so we ran from the farm. These small things are a great fun; they relax us from the daily office routine. In last we board the bus which leads us to Gandhipuram. Overall the trip was Fun. Now I use those tamarind to awake me when feel sleepy at worktime.