More RIMYI 39th Birthday celebrations today. I skipped the first part of them, opting for a more thorough practice at home (memories of yesterday evening’s agonisingly long sit still fresh in my mind). I arrived at 12.30 which was when I had been told lunch would be served and found everyone still packed into the yoga hall watching some beautiful local girls (and students of the kids class) performing traditional indian dance.
We also had a stunning performance of yoga asana, choreograped to music by the children themselves, including many extremely challenging poses. Guruji seemed to particularly enjoy that one. Traditional sitar playing by a sweet young boy and his sister,who said very formally ‘Please forgive me for any mistakes I make’ and the Indian national anthem on the violin! I felt I’d timed my arrival pretty well given that everyone else had been sat since 10am, though I’m told I missed an amazing band. The catering was very well organised, with a thali type meal and plenty to go round.
In the afternoon headed with Lynda for the organic veg market and did some shopping on FC Road. My activities this month are deliberately low key and non-distracting. My priority is staying focussed for the work with Guruji, which if I’m lucky will recommence tomorrow (gulp). Nicola is spending the weekend at KARE, the ayurvedic retreat in the mountains just outside Pune, which I would have LOVED – but not this trip.
Instead just enjoyed the sunshine, threw open all the windows, washed the sheets and my yoga mat – the great thing about this weather is it’ll all be dry within an hour or two. Cooked a big spinach, chickpea and tofu curry, with gorgeous dark, chewy ragi (millet) flour chapatis. Take note Jenny Jones! Had a comedy moment with the blender and managed to decorate both myself and the kitchen with great luminous green splats of spinach.
Is there anything better than freshly washed sheets?
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