Here I am (Amaravati Devi) with Swami Ji Sivalingam at the airport in Israel in 1976. He had come to visit me in Tel Aviv as I had opened a Prana Yoga Center in his name.
Om Sri Ram Ramayanama.
Gilad was two years old in 1975.
We had traveled from Israel to visit my father in Rhodesia and Stan's family in South Africa.
As with all these old photographs there are long stories that go with the pictures. As I look at them "in print" on this web-site, I remember every detail of the emotions and situations that led up to taking the photograph and what happened after that.
Wow, I had no idea your hair was that dark. I also didn't realize the extent of your involvement with yoga. The things you learn about people from their blogs!
(Who's that in the picture of Gilad—that's not you, is it? Could Gilad be more cute in that photo??)
Posted by: Danny | March 16, 2005 at 02:05 PM
Yes - very deeply involved with Yoga, Danny. The person with Gilad is me. I was 26.
Posted by: Tamar | March 16, 2005 at 02:10 PM
Tamar, the pictures you've been putting in your blog posts lately are wonderful. I'm always amazed at the power of photographs, in particular, photos of people, family, etc. I believe that when one is moved or affected in some way by merely looking at particular pictures of relative strangers, what is happening is evidence of the connection between human beings and the divine. We "see" one another in photographs. We communicate so powerfully by merely presenting a facial expression or a moment between loved ones. The old saying that our eyes are the windows to the soul is so true.
Anyway...just rambling. :)
Posted by: Adriana Bliss | March 16, 2005 at 04:31 PM
Adriana, it has been fun working with our scanner and being able to share some of these photos. Thanks for enjoying them with me! Yes indeed I think eyes are windows to our inner core. And, by the way, I love the way you "ramble" about human connections - here and, especially, at your site.
Posted by: Tamar | March 16, 2005 at 05:18 PM
It must have been great to study with such a spiritual man. Only one of my teachers spends any time on the wider aspects of yoga, which is a shame because I find it interesting. Mostly we are taught how to do the asanas properly.
Posted by: franchini | March 16, 2005 at 05:43 PM
The spiritual component is very interesting. I love the Asanas and breathing exercises, though. I find that, somehow, flexibility of body affects the mind too.
Posted by: Tamar | March 16, 2005 at 06:17 PM