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A Day Out ~ up to vatayanasana
Well there's not much danger of missing anything here, as I'm hardly likely to be diligent in my updates....In my mind I've divided this trip into three two-week phases, and I'm well into the last...
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Time for a rebirth?
Hmm... I have a blog!Let's just start over and try this whole thing again.I'm back in Mysore. Hurray! I've been here six days, and have five more weeks. So it's primary series this week; intermediate...
View ArticleBeing keen for led class, and Big Drama
I'm going to try to keep up the blogging while I'm here, even though I anticipate feeling over-exposed, something I've really been trying to avoid recently in my life......***This morning was led...
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FULL ON
Well I started a post on Sunday but didn't get it finished... and now with a bit of distance, I have to start over. This is a good thing, as it will stop me from going into Proustian-type detail over...
View ArticleMeltdown
Today I was haunted a bit in the wee hours by 'my stuff'. Sigh. Went to practice and had a total meltdown, for completely unrelated and undisclosable reasons. There were a few uncontrollable sobs,...
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Thanksgiving, business as usual
Happy Sankranti!Today is a major holiday here, a harvest festival, a day of giving thanks. Rather like what Thanksgiving used to be.... only with painted cows! More info in the link above.Practice...
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Practice Surprise
Well, I know some say you are not supposed to blog about practice, but I think that once in a while it's OK. Plus, I like doing things others tell me I shouldn't.Front and centre this morning, and by...
View ArticleTictocs, conference
Well, readers of this blog with about a 9:00 start time may have got to witness my tictoc adventure from the foyer today, as I was pretty much in the middle of the room.It is going OK. Yesterday I was...
View ArticleExhaustion, obsession
Today was a tough one. Because the full moon is on Sunday we've had two six-day weeks. Primary series tomorrow, then two days' rest.I did my dropbacks and went into an iffy handstand, dropped over into...
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Internet, Three Sisters (long)
'99% practice, 1% Internet'That sounds about right. I'll get back to something like that shortly, but while I'm in Mysore, ironically, the balance tends to get a bit skewed, due to my having more (i.e....
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Back
Back in Mysore, back at blogging... at least a little?It's actually hard to know what to write about Mysore. Things that would interest the yogis may bore or go over the heads of others.... whilst the...
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Mysore, raw
“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the...
View ArticleDid it
Well that last post was cathartic... maybe it helped?Today, armed with the powerful trio of hand chakra mehndi to root down my palms, Sandhya's magical food at the last meal, and my ratty old 'Guruji...
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Oh. What a Way to Joy
After a weekend of castor oil bath, getting the washing done, coffees and lovely lunches with friends, impromptu sunglasses-shopping trips and a ton of giggles, a gorgeous walk around Lake...
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Settled/Unsettled ~ Happy New Year!
The sun's starting to set over Gokulam again, and there are many poetic moments to be had on a walk at such times, ahhhh..... Now sitting at the Green Hotel with the laptop and will publish later. I'm...
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Ego ~ Surrender ~ Busy ~ Early
A little practice vignette from the week before last:I'd managed a nice vrshchikasana on Tuesday in front of Sharath (this is hanging out in handstand with your feet on your head). He told me 'very...
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