Yoga Papa

Yoga Baba with his little disciples

I mentioned before that my Pops is a yoga teacher.
He had a heart attack a few years back, despite being an extremely healthy person. Family history they said, it was always going to happen. We were lucky, he was lucky, it was a relatively minor one and after angioplasty he felt reborn! (Hence he says “I’m not nearly 70, it’s my [nth] birthday, corellating with the year of his surgery!)
After this all happened, he discovered a Swami, Baba Ramdev. This guy taught yoga, healing yoga or yog, to the masses and by following his own regime, he was able to recover from childhood polio. He claims to have helps so many people and so Pops decided to give it a go.
And you know, it worked. Pops’s general health improved, a shoulder and neck problem got better, allergies lessened, the GP was amazed at his cholesterol levels. He could not stop singing the praises of this Swamiji and his yoga.
So much so that once he officially retired, he took the course and over the year, travelled to India, and attended various seminars to become a yoga teacher.
This yoga isn’t like what the Western world like to think of as yoga. What you do are the aasans, stretches, which are the physical exercises. This uses those, but the key element is the pranayams, breathing in different ways, to benefit the body.
He started teaching lessons and over the last few years, has helped so many people, and created quite a reputation for himself too!
So much so, that he now fronts a show on a UK Sikh TV channel!
Praanyog – this was the advert filmed!
It comes on daily in the morning, and he hosts a live talk show every 2 weeks too!
He’s learned Reiki too, and Pressure Point Therapy… Quite the alternative healer nowadays!
I’m so proud of my Pops, and his grandchildren love to practice with him!