To mark the day, Down The Mall, looked a little into the background of this movement. One of its many aims and definitions is the control of one’s own mind, but one yoga activity this week is doing our mind in.

Herself  “needed” a new rubbery yoga mat and – to tell the truth – it came as news that they wore out.

The selected replacement was a very decorative rubber-mat jobby …but wait, there’s more.

It was accompanied by very detailed wrapping which had hundreds of words saying how good this mat was. It had a lifetime guarantee, but didn’t say which lifetime, or whose. It had added protection. It was free of latex, came with a free video download and was free of six harmful phthalates – DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP and, of course, DNOP.

Phew. But just when you had come to understand the almost transcendental properties of the mat, you get to the really fine print.

“The majority of our packaging contains an average of 30 per cent of post-consumer waste. Our solar-powered green headquarters features an employee recycling/compost program.”

Post-consumer waste? Recycled and composted employees? On and on the blurb went, noting the many wondrous ways you could engage with the company. But at no point did it say what the mega mat was made of.

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As Mark Twain once said: Everyone talks about the weather but no-one does anything about it?

Yep, we like to whack the forecasters when we think they get it wrong, but DTM would like to note a long range accuracy in rainfall forecasts.

Back at the start of the year, the bureau predicted some months of below-average rain, a return to near average in June and above average in July.

Well, while the amount of rain falling on Bendigo hasn’t been huge, it has rained on 20 out of 24 days so far this month. Get the boat ready for July and then we go below average again in August, September and October.