India, Feb. 21 -- "Madam, focus on anulom-vilom (alternate nostril breathing)," my yoga teacher instructed as I opened an eye just in time to catch the squirrel chasing a parrot away from the bird feeder in the lawn. A pigeon flew past, challenging the two.and throwing all caution to the winds, I opened the other eye too and sat upright, watching them and the rising sun behind. Exercise be damned, I wanted my morning cuppa....