Bytes from India by Randa Breuer

  Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day - a.m. at ACSA, New Delhi Meet Bar . She is a yoga instructor from Israel who teaches at the American Embassy Club (ACSA) in Delhi. She is all about peace during these unsettling times when our part of the world is burning and reeling with attacks, kidnappings, revenge killing, air strikes, and hate rhetoric - when many of us are united by our common concern for our families living in the Middle East, and by the loss of lives. Bar opens each yoga session with reflections that she reads out loud to her class. They are centering thoughts of mindfulness, peace, and wholeness. They sound like poetry. A balm to the soul.  Today, as it is Thanksgiving Day, the focus is on gratitude.  Bar opens with: “Focus on what you have and not on what you want” (or even need).  Focus on what you have and not on what you want. What a great motto for a class, and what a great value to instill in young people. And not just young people, but adults of all ages.  In her opening to