The excitement of setting a realistic departure date has finally worn out. Yesterday I called a gazillion people telling them I would leave in August. The citizenship thing has really held me back and now I can move forward. A lot of things still need to happen before I can get on the plane but I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel.
No massages last night so I got home by 6:30PM. I was tempted to have dinner at Govinda's last night but resisted the temptation. I had bought a lot of food last weekend and realized that I need to eat it before it gets bad. I did a little cleaning so that the cleaning lady that comes this Saturday won't think I'm a total slob. I prepared my clothes for work and was in bed by 9PM.
Slept well last night and got up by 5AM. I got to practice at 6:30 this morning. I normally get to the shala a little past 7 so it was nice to get in early. I had a nice slow practice. I need to come in earlier because when I get in past 7, I tend to rush through my practice. I really see the benefits of taking a shower before practice. I wish I could take one after though. For now it will have to be wet towel wipes. Or as they call it in the shala an "Italian bath".
Today was Jorgen last day so he was saying his goodbyes. He tours with Madonna for 7 weeks. He said he was planning to go to Mysore to this fall so I might see him there.
After practice, the lady that owned Brentwood yoga hung around the reception area talking to the ashtanga students. She asked us if we would venture into the other flow classes or Iyengar classes. The consensus among ashtangis was no. The feeling was you either practice ashtanga or iyengar and not both. Some people say that they practice both practices but I don't think it's possible. If you're so worried about your alignment, your no longer practicing ashtanga was my thought. I told her that I hated guided classes because I thought it was really annoying. Anyway, I felt bad for her because I think she was trying to fill up the other classes. She could see that Jorgen's class was always full up and she was hoping the some of us would find our way to the other classes. I think she doesn't understand the ashtanga mentality. Your either an ashtangi or your not. There are no half-breeds.