Led class was great today. I felt strong throughout the whole class. Marichyasana B and C were easy binds, and D was very close on one side, and only a little further on the other. I think these massages might be making a difference.
I finally managed to give away my bike today. A less than emotional affair - I managed to find someone who would use it. They weren't too sure it was a good idea, so I initially lent it to them with full 'right of return' if they didn't like it.
I chose to kiss Saraswathi's feet today. It's something I never thought I'd do. I did it because I think I've really accepted her as my teacher. I hadn't noticed anything different about how I regard her compared to other teachers until someone said something at Santosha. They said something like "your face just lights up when you talk about Saraswathi." It's true, there is something special about her. (I didn't really kiss her feet, just went down and touched them the way that you do, Indian style.)
Tullia's farewell was today at Anu's Cafe. They actually had nice food today which was cool. I haven't liked their food so far. It was very expensive, but nice. I'm going to miss Tullia. She reminds me of home and my family.
In order to get to Madhu's more cheaply, I hired a scooter. This was a great idea until the scooter broke down somewhere in Saraswathipuram. We ended up catching a rickshaw to Madhu's class, though we were very late. After class, it was a shambles trying to get the scooter fixed. The issue wasn't the scooter, but more that the guy that hired it out is a pathalogical liar. He managed to lie to us five separate times about where he was, what he was doing, and how we were going to fix the scooter. It was truly terrible. No having been in India a while now I understand that there is a more 'fluid' relationship with truth here, and that honesty gets discarded to save face or gain advantage. But there has to be a limit.
While waiting for the Scooter owner to turn up, I shot this pic of Krishnas being painted on the side of the road.
In Ayurvedic massage class today we did the neck. It was a fantastic class again today. I'm really loving these classes, their approach to massage is totally different to western massage. It's much more like Thai massage, but just a lot more forceful.
I finally managed to give away my bike today. A less than emotional affair - I managed to find someone who would use it. They weren't too sure it was a good idea, so I initially lent it to them with full 'right of return' if they didn't like it.
I chose to kiss Saraswathi's feet today. It's something I never thought I'd do. I did it because I think I've really accepted her as my teacher. I hadn't noticed anything different about how I regard her compared to other teachers until someone said something at Santosha. They said something like "your face just lights up when you talk about Saraswathi." It's true, there is something special about her. (I didn't really kiss her feet, just went down and touched them the way that you do, Indian style.)
Tullia's farewell was today at Anu's Cafe. They actually had nice food today which was cool. I haven't liked their food so far. It was very expensive, but nice. I'm going to miss Tullia. She reminds me of home and my family.
In order to get to Madhu's more cheaply, I hired a scooter. This was a great idea until the scooter broke down somewhere in Saraswathipuram. We ended up catching a rickshaw to Madhu's class, though we were very late. After class, it was a shambles trying to get the scooter fixed. The issue wasn't the scooter, but more that the guy that hired it out is a pathalogical liar. He managed to lie to us five separate times about where he was, what he was doing, and how we were going to fix the scooter. It was truly terrible. No having been in India a while now I understand that there is a more 'fluid' relationship with truth here, and that honesty gets discarded to save face or gain advantage. But there has to be a limit.
While waiting for the Scooter owner to turn up, I shot this pic of Krishnas being painted on the side of the road.
In Ayurvedic massage class today we did the neck. It was a fantastic class again today. I'm really loving these classes, their approach to massage is totally different to western massage. It's much more like Thai massage, but just a lot more forceful.
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