The Roll Up Experience, 553/C, 8th Main Road, Koramangala 4th Block, Bangalore (2026)

13/10/2025

The truthful thief.

One day a thief plans a heist and lands up in The Buddha's sermon grounds. While going about his business, the thief hears Buddha : " Give up one bad habit of yours . "
After the crowd leaves, the all knowing Buddha asks the thief , ever so gently, what do you want to give up. The thief says: I will never utter a lie henceforth.. The Buddha blesses him.
That night the thief travels far to steal and enters what seems like a rich man's palatial house.
As he breaks open the safe, he is startled! A shadow of another person with a blanket on his head! Oh , is that another thief! He quickly drags that man in and explains: Let's share the loot. The man agrees.
Once they break open the safe, along with gold and money, there are 3 big shining diamonds worth millions! The thief gives one to the other thief and keeps one diamond for himself. The third he keeps one back saying one can't break diamonds . They quietly leave with their loot.

The next day there is furore in the kingdom. The king's palace was robbed in the darkness of the night!
The queen is distraught . The King sends his Minister to check what is missing in the safe . The Minister comes back saying the safe is totally empty!
After a massive hunt, the thief is caught. Presented before the king, he confesses and returns everything including that diamond . The king exclaims: There were 3 diamonds!! The thief calmly declares " I gave one to the other thief and one diamond was kept back in the safe."
Hearing this the minister thrashes the thief calling him a liar . The King stops him and slowly removes the diamond from his own pocket!!
He declares: I was the other 'thief' taking a stroll in my verandah .I admire your honesty.
The King then turns and thunders , "My minister! Where is the 3rd diamond!?"
And out it falls from the minister's pockets!
The King then proclaims that this truthful thief is now the minister and will be his adviser.
And Buddha smiled and said you just need to give up 1 bad habit.. your life's trajectory will start changing..
What do you want to give up..

Wearing the stunning and blouse .

23/02/2025

Ajji.

In our Village, on the outskirts lived a recluse ajji( old woman). She lived up the hill and over the years had fenced off that hill. No one could climb into her property w***y nilly. One could see it was a dense forest and soon many imaginary and fantasy stories were created about this old woman.
Some even called her strange and some a pure realised soul. No one knew her.
She had one routine though which everyone knew. Daily she would hobble down the path and visit the small temple of Lord Shiva outside and clean it . After the puja , she would give us all the tastiest sweets.
We little children would scramble towards the temple during our summer holidays every evening.
She also had a quirk which we all loved. If you went close to her and tapped her , she would charge at you and chase you.. and if we said Shivaaa, Shivaaa she would stop, smile and you would get extra sweets!
So this was the most fun part of every evening for us.
One day, a few of the bold , including me climbed over the fence and quietly walked up to her home. The path was glorious with flower shrubs and fruit trees . The air was crisp and birds chirping..
As we reached her home, we saw one lone window. Climbing on top of the strongest one's shoulders,we peeked in.
The room inside was beautiful!
There were so many lovely knits and a cute little kitchen and everything was picture perfect.
One of us was worried and said it feels like the cottage of Hansel and Gretal when we heard someone cough gently behind us.
We toppled down , terrified and almost started to run, when the ajji chuckled! She asked , "Are you scared?!
The bold one asked, Why do you chase us with a stick?
She said, So that you say Shivaa,Shivaa( he who destroys the evil and restores peace)
Why ? we chorused.
She said ,
" One moment ,together we ask for peace, the universe listens "
We loved that ajji so much and visited her daily after this.
I think about this simple truth of life today as this week unfolds.

16/02/2025

Kranti ( Of Kindness) !

This was the first time I was going to watch a movie with my Appa and Amma and my little baby brother. ( For the Bollywood lovers, it was the movie Kranti!)

We stood behind another family of 4. They spoke excitedly about the movie and how a 2 hour journey on a Sunday was worth it!
The father of that family had 60 rupees held tightly , ready to buy the tickets.
As his turn came, the ticket official said you need to pay 10 rupees more. Even toddlers were charged the sum of half a ticket. The man's face was crestfallen! One could see he hadn't thought this would be the case. They looked so sad thinking they may have to miss the movie.
As we moved towards the ticket counter, my Appa looked over to Amma and whispered something into her ear. And in the next second , he tapped the shoulder of the man . My Appa held a 10 rupees note and said," I think you dropped this "
Their eyes met. The man took the ten bucks and said a very warm thank you and they all went in.
I and Appa enjoyed the movie but Amma said she would sit under the tree and not come in.
And every now and then , during the intermission , that man turned towards us and gave a big smile.
I never understood why Amma did not watch the movie and waited outside under the tree for the whole 3 hours. I thought maybe my baby brother was just being fussy!
When recently I asked Appa about this incident, he said ," I too was short by 10 rupees for the tickets since I did not think your baby brother needed one. So instead of 2 families missing out , ma and me decided to give that man our 10 rupees. The pure joy of the children laughing in that movie is my fondest memory of that day. "

Kranti - let's bring in the revolution of kindness again.
Happiness shared is happiness doubled.

And here I am attempting this platform which has given me so many kindest of friends again!! Thank you..

09/01/2022

Silence .

The teacher could never get her bunch of children to sit quiet during her class. They would be constantly chatting and she couldn't get in a word some days .
One day she decided that the class would play a game . She made placards with names of animals , the sound they make and their young ones and gave it out to the children. Then they were sent out into a room to find their family.
Everyone started running and screaming and some even making sounds of the animals they were supposed to be. While they were doing so, they saw Anvi just lift her placard and stand still. It read 'Cow' and Advay who had the placard saying ' Calf' quietly walked to her , and Rahil with the sound ' moo' who was shouting till then , suddenly quietens and joins them to complete their trio and win the game !
The teacher then told the children what Mother Teresa had told her ,
" Silence had so much power . See how our nature_ trees, flowers, grass_ grow in silence. See the stars, the moon and the sun , all bring in life in silence. See the mountains, the water and the clouds all are beautifully moving, in silence. We need silence to touch our souls"

Today doing stills! Poses that I hold for at least 7 breaths. It’s a beautiful training to try to Silence the mind while in a pose and breathing slow and long.
Last pic: Celebrating 27 years of bliss with Murli ! 🥰😍And a coffee together everyday is what kept many a blues away!!

26/07/2020

साहस

courage, adventure, daring, s***k, to be bold for a cause...

accepted .. 💞
I rummage around for a B&W pic and I come across one which I had saved and tried drawing,a long time ago.. When it came to deciding which profession to pursue, I remember being confused. I was always into dancing and fine arts, but had scored well to explore medicine and alternative therapy..
And that's when my mother told me a story.

This is about the first female physician of India. Dr Anandi bai Joshi..and this was in 17 th century India! Married at the age of 9 and lost her only child delivered at the age of 14!
Anandi and her husband realised the lack of female gynaecologists in India . She wrote in her application letter, ' I want to render service and medical help to the poor suffering country women that they so sadly need, but rather die than accept treatment at the hands of a male doctor! ' This form was accepted in the medical school at US and she became the first Indian woman to set foot on American soil! She graduated in Western medicine at the age of 19!! She was congratulated by Queen Victoria on her graduation!!
But the sad bit is that she succumbed to tuberculosis in two years at the age of 21 and could never practice medicine !
But such courageous women are never forgotten. She was the first ray of hope for Indian women and continues to inspire , even today! Every year there is an award that the Indian Government calls The Anandi bai Joshi award in memory of the first ever inspiration for Indian women to pursue their dreams..
Thank you Katrina , we hold each other up..
Tagging, , .studio
and to jump in!

14/02/2020

Strength. Courage. Support.

Some moves I have always been in awe of , but forever scared to attempt.. A side plank and the variations always worry me; how would I sustain, would it look neat, where should one feel this.. lot of thoughts, going against the core thought: Flow. So this one with a beautiful virtual guidance from , Dear Nancy who step by step showed how to plank, , Dear Katharine who showed the variations one can explore and , Dear Lauren who showed how to get that core fired .. And all of them from miles away had to patience to explain this..
a grateful heart says 😘😘😘.. And it took me few attempts , but I could finally experience this! The exhilaration! Like in school when one aces an exam! Pilates is an experience: how it is to learn, unlearn, relearn and express! Hope to bring this kind of connect, support and strength

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30/01/2020

Fascia .
Today in class, a student wanted to know what is fascia.. In simple words, we all know the muscles, the nerves, the blood vessels, the bones...all these are held together inside our skin.. by a masala (that's a jelly like paste for a curry). This masala is fascia.. it's health, it's stretch , would ensure the other ingredients of this curry wouldn't be over used....
So creating a daily routine to prevent any inflammation in the fascia, ensures one experiences movements pain
- free and makes the entire musculoskeletal system agile!
Joining the lovely, inspirational and strong and and to explore Fascia and it's importance in recovery, a daily dose of it I would recommend as a practitioner of wellness!!

06/01/2020

Read this today:
' This new years resolutions business... is maybe not a great thing after all ... It makes one acutely aware and focus on what didn't happen last year or makes one agitated and restless or causes a feeling of ' I haven't achieved enough'
Instead: how about just saying:
I just resolve to:
Rethink_refocus_replan_ realign :
Keep the relevant, and continue its presence in my life '
So taking this thought in every zone of our life may actually make it easier to work through this year, with no stress or worry, no hurry to strike off a to do list,?! Hmmm...
It's a new thought.. and as all new thoughts, maybe it's controversial. But what's life without a discussion.. Please feel free to express.. and I know a lot of magic happens over Pilates ( or was it coffee?!🤓)

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31/12/2019

Lalbagh and cool winter Sunday morning! A motivated bunch of fitness enthusiasts who practised Pilates and movement! Good energy and lovely place, both started the last week of 2019 just right!!

13/12/2019

And attempting The Boomerang! Was always sceptical about presenting this one, since I feel my shoulders are too tight, or the control that is needed to slowly roll over and move into teaser is tough... But a super energetic class of Barre and the motivation from students and a lovely post ,( thank you 💞) and here I am... Have promised students we are attempting this soon ... A new year resolution list brewing....🤪
Here's to Christmas cheer and joy and happiness to all!!! 😘❤️❤️

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