Forget the yoga pants, wear your sweaters, actually forget the poses and take a deep dive into the real Yoga with Swan Retreat Yogi Shivendra Kumar as we go east, way east.

JL;DR SUMMARY Yogi Shivendra Kumar leads a retreat in Goa aiming to explore the true essence of Yoga beyond physical postures, focusing on the Vedas, Ayurveda, and the symbolic story of the four husbands/wives we each possess. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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