GoingToRelax

Daramsala is the lion's den: the Israeli colony per-excellence. It is High-Season in Daramsala and Manali this time of year, since the state of Himachal Pradesh is almost the only livable place in India in the pre-monsoon season.
I came to Daramsala to take two courses. The first was a Hindi course, mostly intended to give me some practice in everyday use of the language. I learnt the basic grammar, reading and writing from a book, but seeing that everybody here speaks quite good English, practicing it is quite difficult.
The second course was a one-week Yoga course with Vijay, a 50 year old teacher who was recommended to me by my Tel-Aviv teacher. Vijay teaches Ashtanga-Vinyasa Yoga, also known as "Power Yoga". The method emphasizes not only the correct practice of the Asanas (postures) but also the dynamic flow from one Asana to another, and the synchronization of Asana practice with breathing. It's quite exhausting at first, but once I got used to it other methods seem not thorough enough and too "Shanti".
Vijay teaches the standard "First Series" of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with no shortcuts - about 2.5 hours including warm up and relaxation. What I found unique to him was the odd mixture of instructions in English and chanting in his hollow, penetrating and high pitched voice, mainly during relaxation:

The RightFingersThumbAndBackOfTheHandAhhhhhaaaaaahhhaaaaaaaaaiiii...
GoingToRelaxAhhhhhaaaaaahhhaaaaaaaaaiiii...
The RightWristLowerArmAndElbowAhhaaaaaiiiiAhhaaaaiiiAhhaaaaiii....
GoingToRelaxAhhaaaaaiiiiAhhaaaaiiiAhhaaaaiii....

And so on.