Fond Memories

"Time moves relentlessly forward and as mortals, subject to time and space, we experience this movement as change, aging, and loss. Photographs represent the Human desire to arrest the movement of time, just for an instant."
John Coon

Dr. Lad leads the Purva Shanti invocations
before his evening lecture class at
The Ayurvedic Institute.

Sri Dr. Lad demonstrating external examination and diagnosis
on John while students of The Ayurvedic Institute look on.

Dear friend and meticulous Sadhaka, Gopalakrishnan,
leading the Ganesha Homam to bless John's new
home.

Devoted friend and fellow Yoga teacher, Tonya
Riley during Ganesha Homam.

John, Sri Dr. Fred Smith, and Sri Dr. Robert Svoboda during Ganesha
Homam house blessing.

Dr. Svoboda enkindling Agni during Ganesha
Homam.

Dr. Svoboda and John after a day-long Ayurveda
lecture / intensive in Austin, Texas.

John and Ravi in Houston, Texas.

The late, remarkable storyteller of India, Dear Sant Keshavadas
presenting John with a Rudraksha mala.

Sant Keshavadas visiting me at home. What a blessing he was!!!

Sant Keshavadas weaving a tale of ancient India's Saints and Sages. He
could hold 2,000 listeners spellbound for hours with his amazing examples
of Harikatha (traditional spiritual stories).

Dear friend, Dr. Fred Smith, Professor of Sanskrit and Vedic studies,
University of Iowa. Freddy and Robert are "brothers" among the spiritual
"children" of the Aghori, Sri Vimalananda.

My going away dinner at Jangchub Ling Monastery. The Tibetan monks
always make me feel as if I am at home. I am forever grateful for their
kindness and hospitality.

BEST PLACE TO WORK OUT

(typed directly from the Houston Press)

The Yoga Center of Houston, 1605 Banks Street

Return to your office after a lunchtime workout invigorated, toned -- and with your knees intact. Amazingly, the tranquil discipline of yoga can do this for you and more. John Coon, whose mirrored Yoga Center exudes the spare grace of a ballet studio, imparts yoga's physical and mental benefits with equal passion. This is a guy who quit his post as vice president of the Houston Yoga Association because, he says, they wanted to list any old someone with $17 as a yoga teacher. Coon was clearly concerned with principle, not competition: we figure anyone who can make a nest out of his arms and legs and rest his head on the sole of his foot must have a certain edge in this field.

Tibetan lamas from Sera-Je Monastery constructed the sand mandala of Hayagriva at The Museum of Fine Arts in February 1996. They turned John's house into "Little Tibet"during their two week stay! Yoga Center students and instructors alike enjoyed collaborating with the gracious staff of The Museum.

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