Santosh Puri Ashram

I have been staying in Santosh Puri Ashram, India for the past few days.  I felt held in this sacred place and would recommend it to anyone wanting to have authentic teaching in a family environment.  The yoga practice in the morning was simple and at first try a childlike approach but in time I really got in to the spirit of things.  We were encouraged in each posture to be the animal, be the cat, be the eagle, be the camel, letting each form emerge from the infinite in to the finite and then return, in this way confronting death, rebirth, any the many forms of the formless.  Each posture was accompanied by the noise of the animal!  There was much giggling had out of class about this but once I allowed myself to get past feeling really silly, I got in to it.  I felt this approach got close to how the yogis of old thought up the postures, being inspired to take the forms of animals.  Why don't you try it out (in your personal practice!) and let your imagination run free and wild.