Big news today is that my bicycle isn't stolen. After sitting outside the shala for a couple of days, the guy that manages the gate had put it inside. So it's been sitting inside one of the Jois family's properties all this time.
I wouldn't have found out about it, but went to chanting, and the chanting guy Lacksmish said that it'd been left around and put away. So my grand plan has been foiled once again. It seems that nobody wants to steal that bike, so I'll have to find another way of getting rid of it.
Saraswathi made me do Uttita Hasta Padangustasana twice this morning. We did it once, and she said I didn't do it properly, so needed to do it again. I love that pose. It's such a nice rest, and it gets me prepared for the impossibility of Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana.
I finally visited Easy Day. It's a nice supermarket with lots of range. I went with Britt to get her a new suitcase. We carried it home on the back of her scooter, which was typically Indian - the two of us and a HUGE red suitcase behind my back.
Today was the first of the hands-on Madhu massage classes. We did the head today. We all had a go, and it was a lot of fun. At one stage Madhu's son Mahadri came in and helped teach the lesson.
In backbending class with Vinay I did wall walking for the first time. I don't know whether he finally thinks I'm ready to do some actual backbending, or that he's just exasperated with my lack of progress. While everyone else is going from strength to strength, my poor body is losing flexibility, and Vinay is confused.
After Madhu's class, I was doing Vinay's class with an oily head. This is not a good way to do backbending, because the extra heat of having a head covered in oil is dramatic! Vinay gave us backbending T-shirts today. They were 'one size fits most' and I clearly have broader shoulders than the average Indian so had no chance of fitting it. It's sweet though.
I'm spending a fortune in rickshaw fees with all these extra classes, so I'll have to get a scooter.
I wouldn't have found out about it, but went to chanting, and the chanting guy Lacksmish said that it'd been left around and put away. So my grand plan has been foiled once again. It seems that nobody wants to steal that bike, so I'll have to find another way of getting rid of it.
Saraswathi made me do Uttita Hasta Padangustasana twice this morning. We did it once, and she said I didn't do it properly, so needed to do it again. I love that pose. It's such a nice rest, and it gets me prepared for the impossibility of Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana.
I finally visited Easy Day. It's a nice supermarket with lots of range. I went with Britt to get her a new suitcase. We carried it home on the back of her scooter, which was typically Indian - the two of us and a HUGE red suitcase behind my back.
Today was the first of the hands-on Madhu massage classes. We did the head today. We all had a go, and it was a lot of fun. At one stage Madhu's son Mahadri came in and helped teach the lesson.
In backbending class with Vinay I did wall walking for the first time. I don't know whether he finally thinks I'm ready to do some actual backbending, or that he's just exasperated with my lack of progress. While everyone else is going from strength to strength, my poor body is losing flexibility, and Vinay is confused.
After Madhu's class, I was doing Vinay's class with an oily head. This is not a good way to do backbending, because the extra heat of having a head covered in oil is dramatic! Vinay gave us backbending T-shirts today. They were 'one size fits most' and I clearly have broader shoulders than the average Indian so had no chance of fitting it. It's sweet though.
I'm spending a fortune in rickshaw fees with all these extra classes, so I'll have to get a scooter.
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