The Call From Gurudev

I had turned 59 and was doing my Guru Puja course at the Bengaluru ashram.

- Sonal Varhadpande

As the program neared its end, many thoughts crossed my mind. Traveling back and forth from Mumbai to Bengaluru was getting cumbersome. I was growing weary and tired with age and time. Yet deep down, I nursed a strong desire to travel all over the country and teach Art of Living courses. Doing Seva was my first prerogative.

A few months later, the lockdown was announced and I was confined at home. My heart sank. ‘What do I do now, I wondered. Whatever little I was doing, also stopped. I felt a sense of emptiness from within. Soon Gurudev, while addressing an online teachers’ meeting proposed initiating Online Meditation and Breath Workshops for adults and children. Now I was all the more confused. ‘How do we get people to meditate online?’ I muttered under my breath. I wasn’t good at connecting with people through digital mediums. Or at least I thought so.