Road To Mysore

Yesterday's practice was amazing. My practice last Sunday was terrible and the night before I didn't sleep well so I was really surprised on how focused I was. I was moving through my practice with so much ease. It was ridiculously easy. I felt like the "bomb" after. My knee is also not bothering me anymore. Even Saraswati said, "very good", after adjusting me in Mari B. I love days like this.

My practice yesterday definitely carried over today. I still felt like the "bomb". Sharath helped me out in Mari B and I binded on the right side for the first time. I didn't bind on the left side this morning because I put some ayurvedic oil on my knee and my arm kept slipping. I forgot to bring a towel. Sharath said, "no oil before practice...wash oil, get thin towel" Today could have been the day where I binded both side but I've binded the left side many times so I'm cool. Sharath also helped me in padmasa. I'm not there yet but now I can get my left heel on my right calf. I'm slowly inching my way up. Only in my wildest dreams did I ever expect the things that are happening to me right now. I know Sharath & Saraswati are just as excited as I am. I see it in there faces. I've learned to just surrender myself and trust them. They have not disappointed me. I think it's when people try to resist them is when people get hurt. I love being here. After I did Mari B, Sharath let me do Mari C. Saraswati has let me do Mari C a few times but now I know I'm officially in Mari C. I still have a ways to go in binding Mari C but the thought of graduating from Mari B is just exciting. I've only been here less than 3 weeks. I don't want to imagine what's going to happen after 4 months.

Leaving me alone with my thoughts could be very dangerous. Yesterday, as I was walking home from the Green Leaf to the shala, a thought ran through my head. I know I'm coming back next year and hopefully the year after so why not get a house here. A few of the regular students here have locked into there houses for at least a year. A handful actually call Mysore home. Annie's place rocks and I know she's not letting go of it. As I got closer to the shala, Shiva past me and I shouted, "Shiva I have to talk to you." I was just too excited about the thought. When I got to Shiva's office, I sat down with him and told what I wanted. Shiva is not only a house hunter. He's also money changer and now a property manager. He maintains a lot of the houses and apartments for yoga students. He later showed me a 3 bedroom house which was huge. It has a lot of potential and I'm considering it. I have 4 months to look for a house or apartment so I'm taking my time. I feel at home in Mysore. I've decided to make it my winter home. My hope is to work my ass out from February to August and be in Mysore the rest of the year. I really love being here.

Last night Simon cooked dinner for Vincent and I. He barely moved to his new home and he had all the stuff for cooking. Simon loves to cook. Vincent and I don't cook much so we pretended to help out. Simon did all the work, we helped clean. The food was great and healthy. It was the first time I had brown rice here. They never serve brown rice in restaurants here. Vincent and I decided that we would go to the market in the morning, drop-off the ingredients for Simon before noon and come back for dinner. Simon just laughed.

This whole emailing pictures is a very tedious and frustrating procedure. This morning I tried to email some pictures. It took me forever to do it and even after I did it, I wasn't sure if the person receiving it got it. I had this thought of incorporating pictures to my blog but it's not going to happen. I'm not technically equipped(in every sense) for that kind of endevour. I also don't have the patience. Oh well.

Today was the last day for the ayurvedic massage course I took. I'm glad it's over. I have mixed reactions on the class. I really like our teacher. He is very interesting and he has good energy but I'm not a big fan of ayurvedic massage. There really wasn't much I could take with me in my practice.

After class, I rushed to Gokulam to get my new hairdo. I was really disappointed because the place where most of the yoga student get shaved was closed. I tired another place close to my house. He wanted to charge me 100 ruppees when it's normally 20 ruppees. I don't like getting screwed. Tomorrow and Thursday are moondays so a bunch of us are going to the Tibetan monestary. I guess I'll have to wait until Thursday to get my new do.