Today is back to our regular schedule. Yesterday there was a 2 part graduation ceremony for the teachers so our entire schedule was changed. We had less work and a little more personal time (yay, bed early!).
Lunch's winners today were biscuits with currants and warm parsnip salad. Now I have to tell you that in the past I really haven't liked parsnips. I've tried them many times. We had them a couple of days ago and they were fine. But today, the salad was super good. I went back for a big heaping pile more of parsnip salad. It seems to have settled into a rhythm where I like the lunch and don't like the supper. I can live with that.
I realized that I didn't leave the info with my mom so she could read about my trip. I'm going to call her tonight and let her know about the blog. She's going to be laughing since I'm spending all of my time vacuuming, cleaning wood floors, folding laundry, eating parsnips and many other things I don't really do at home. That will change when I get back now that I'm not working 2 jobs anymore.
It's a beautiful sunny day today, so hopefully my first outdoor Karma Yoga session flies by. I'm already pretty sore from a marathon floor cleaning session this morning.
MG - I will take mouse poo over ants anyday. It was like having a tiny little officemate.
LL - Yes, I think this is typical in an Ashram that you only have the one Yoga Asana class a day (sometimes two). The place is really much more about the big Y Yoga (Yogic Life) and about working towards enlightenment. And Karma Yoga (work) is considered a big part of that. I think there are 15-20 Karma Yogis (doing what I'm doing). There are about 70-80 in the community overall right now. The others are the YDC-ers (new teachers finishing up their training), residents (people who live here permanently), staff (work here, but don't live here) and the Swamis.
MP - Yes there is a pretty wide age group. The youngest right now is probably a little over 1. He's the only child here right now though (his parents are doing Karma Yoga). Then it ranges from 18 to ...I wouldn't want to offend anybody with a guess but definitely into their 60s at least. And that age range is pretty well represented across all the groups although the Karma Yogis do tend to be younger since they have a pretty amazing young adult program for those 18-30.
Hey, Nadine, where is your Ashram again? I wanted to look at where is was on a map and wasn't sure if I found it....
ReplyDeleteglad your 'enjoying' yourself...
my physiotherapist said I should start yoga (my hip joint is all screwed up, I can't move my hip joint for crap, no cross legged sitting let alone the lotus pose), please move to Vic so I can do it with you :)