Road To Mysore

Maintaining a daily meditation practice has not been as easy as I had expected. It’s easy to get distracted and finding the time is sometimes tricky. So far I’ve been consistent. I hope to keep it up and make it a part of me. I’m already feeling the benefits. I’m much calmer and few things seem to bother me. Narasima did warn us that we will hit some plateaus and encouraged us to keep going. It’s part of the whole practice, just like the asana practice.

I’ve finally started the process of planning my trip to Rajasthan. The more I read about the places to see and things to do the more anxious I am to leave. I’ve been told by a lot of friends that it’s an amazing place. The 3 weeks I have pegged to go will barely scratch the surface. I will probably leave the day the shala closes on December 14 and return on January 4 or 5, before the shala reopens. I was hoping to convince some friends to travel with me but most of them are heading to Goa…been there, done that…nothing to be excited about. I think I will end up traveling, alone which is fine, but it would be more fun to travel with someone…oh well.

The shala is starting to fill up. There seems to be 2 to 4 new faces arriving each day…let me take that back, mostly old faces are arriving each day and a few new faces. It’s great to see some of them.

Yesterday, Sharmila (Sharath’s sister) showed up. She assisted Saraswati in the led class. It was nice to see her. I had the chance to chat with her a bit. I got to know her well last year when we rode the train together from Bangalore to Mysore. She was instrumental in making our Bollywood dance happen last year. I asked her if she was going to help her mom in the next 3 weeks. She said she was only here for the weekend and that she couldn’t leave her own classes in Bangalore. She will be visiting Mysore as often as possible to visit Guruji and help her mom.