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in the night. It was difficult to sleep late, as the
morning sunshine spread out in the room. Early in the
morning the participants went for a walk in the ashram
lawns and then a Yoga instructor guided them with
breathing exercises and Yogic postures.
When they assembled after breakfast in the
courtyard, the Yogi asked them about the importance
they give to their health.
One participant shared his concern of less sleep
hours and unhealthy eating habits.
The Yogi narrated an incident from his work life.
“As an engineer working in a factory automation
design firm, I visited many factories. One such visit to
a plant manager’s office is etched in memory. On the
walls of his office, I saw several charts showing that
the uptime of the machines of the plant to the order of
95 to 98 percent.”
“Being a continuous process factory, stoppage or
downtime would result in production loss – which was
unacceptable to the management.”
“It was the job of the maintenance staff of these
process plants to keep the machinery running,
explained the maintenance manager. Lot of
preventive maintenance was carried out weekly,
quarterly or annually to ensure maximum uptime.”
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