Day #16 - Geeta’s Teaching Lives On

This evening event was to remember Geeta and her contribution to the Iyengar community.

I only met Geeta once, 2 years ago when I first came to Pune, she conducted the medical classes and taught a few classes at the Russian intensive which general students were invited to join as well.

So I got a very small taste of her fire, her passion and her devotion to the yogic path, but there is I learnt tonight there is so much more to Geeta S Iyengar than the common way many of us know her.

This evening people from around the world, international students, family members, Indian students and teachers spoke about Geeta and their interactions with her and now I feel I know her more.

One thing they all spoke about was her fire and how fierce she was but also her heart and how considerate and kind she was and how much she did to help people.

I practiced at home for 3hrs this morning and there was a fire in my practice and I pushed myself like a teacher pushes you in class. There was an energy in my practice that drove me, but it was not me.. It was like Geeta was there with me, asking me ‘what are you doing?’, ‘why are you doing it like that?’, ‘stay, stay, more, more’.

While she has left this world may she forever be present in our practice and teaching.

The evening ending with a huge banquet feast put on by the Iyengar’s.