I am very fortunate in that my friend Rachel found me a clean and safe place to stay here that is right next to a park! We are facing east, so I see some cool sunrises on my way to practice.
I completed my 3rd week of practice yesterday and I am feeling pretty good. On Rachel's advice I started keeping a practice journal, which I plan to continue when I return home. Currently I am working on binding in Supta Kurmasana ("sleeping tortoise") and coming up to standing from Urdva Dhanarasana ("backbends"). Sometimes two assistants help me with Supta so I have a bit of a ways to go!
Yesterday I received an ayurvedic massasge from Three Sisters. It was the oddest and coolest massage I have ever had! Harini and her sister hang on ropes while they massage your body with their feet. I definitely felt relaxed afterwards and slept like a baby last night, so I think it did me good. Next time I am going for the castor oil treatment. I will keep you posted on how it goes.
So life is definitely at a slower pace here. I am trying to embrace just "being" and not "doing" all the time.
5 comments:
I've just loved reading your India posts and absorbing the sense of calm that you seem to be conveying. It seems like it's been an incredible trip so far, and I love the pictures you've been sharing!
I'd love to be where you are right now. I love the pictures especially the first one. :)
Exquisite!
I love the message, it sounds great, enjoying everything....
That first photo is gorgeous! Great colour and composition (in the opinion of a fellow wanna-be photographer lol). Sounds like an incredible trip and I'm loving the photos you share!
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