I always felt uncomfortable when the topic of “spirituality” was brought up. There were so many around me claiming to be spiritual and though I felt attracted to the idea, I had no idea what it meant. I read a few books from the New Age section of the book store, totally agreed that we…

The later Shri Yogendra, founder of The Yoga Institute of Santacruz was also a poet. Under the pen-name Masta Mani he wrote many poems and melodiously expresses positive philosophy like in The Yogi: Mani Haribhai Desai became Shri Yogendra after receiving traditional training in Yoga from Paramahamsa Madhavadasaji at Malsar, Gujarat, India. The banyan roots grace A pitched dark night, And the…