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Visit to Dhauli Stupa A summer vacation is a long holiday which lasts for about 2 months. This holiday is given by the school because there is too much heat outside. This year summer vacation in the schools in Odisha started too early. I was very happy to hear this news. One morning, while playing basketball in my school, I saw a poster that said that summer camp would start from May 1st. I was confused whether to attend it or not because my father had the idea of sending me to swimming classes. I would have chosen summer camp easily, but I wasn't sure whether my friends would be there or not. Then, my parents checked the number of students attending swimming classes, but it was too crowded. So we decided that I would rather go to the summer camp. Having a great time with friends RMNH, Bhubaneswar On the first day of summer camp, I was a little nervous, but soon found out that my friends were also there. I got to learn yoga, aerobics and keyboard. We also went to the Hotel New Marr...

My Yoga partner I want to disclaim right at the beginning of the blog that I am not a Yogi. I am rather an average human being having already lived half of his life with a 9 to 5 job, and a stable source of monthly income to meet my ends. However, lately I have been able to accept the daily struggles and move on in my life. Practice of Yogasanas and Pranayamas on regular basis since 2016 has definitely helped me in achieving a level of balance and inner peace that is very tough to find in our chaotic existence. When we think of a yogi, the image of an ascetic person living a life of seclusion and renouncement comes to our mind. I don’t reject this idea. But, yoga to me is beyond this notion of asceticism. It is rather a way of living in this world shouldering all the responsibility that comes with our social existence. With yoga, we become more aware of our actions and their consequences. This is the story of finding the Yogi in me . The yogi inside me is still evolving and getting bet...