Here is a typical breakfast, served outside while we all socialize and plan our day. We always have papayas, bananas, and sometimes pomegranates. The main course today is kichadi, which is a rice and vegetable dish that can be served anytime. Kichadi is a completely balanced ayurvedic meal and is soothing to the digestive system, and is delicious in my opinion.
Tomorrow morning I teach my first yoga and meditation class, working with the manipuri (navel ) chakra. The yoga here is classic ashtanga yoga with a set series of 36 poses, I think. It is not flow, as I am used to, but involves long slow breathing and holding of the postures. You go very deep...Dr. Senthil recommends holding the postures from anywhere from 30 seconds to one hour. I have a lot to learn about sequencing for sure and different cues. It's always good to learn a new style...the mind is working to internalize this new information. We do an hour class at 6:30 a.m, a half hour class at 12:30, and another yoga and meditation class at 5:30. The new class session begins Monday and no one knows if anyone else is coming...I asked Dr. Senthil and he had no idea. This is the way things are here, he said he would know Monday. Shanti shanti welcome to India!
YUM! To ALL of it! New tastes, new learning, new teachings, chakras, breathing, hour long poses plus the absence of time! Delicious! :)
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