IF IT'S NOT OKAY...MAKE IT OKAY

I was at my post in the office of the Sivananda Yoga Retreat . Standing at the reception counter where I checked guests in and out.

It had been a hectic morning but I strove to appear cool and calm amidst the furor of a busy ashram at the height of its season.

Swami Vishnudevananda, our Guru and founder, ambled up and sat quietly on the long bench in front of reception.

He greeted me smilingly with a brisk and energetic: "Om Namah Sivaya Swami Swayamswroopanandaji! How is everything?"

I bravely but with little enthusiasm replied: "Everything's okay Swamiji."

My Guru, taking in everything going on around him as his ashram went through its busy day, but hardly seeming to focus on me, commented: "Good!"

And then he added: "If it's not okay, make it okay!"

I knew then that nothing escaped his probing eye.