minkan

Third day of training today. A lot of people say that the third day is the hardest, cause your body is usually quite sore, but practice today was good, even better than yesterday, i did some stuff today that i haven't been doing since before christmas. I haven't been doing bujapeedasana for a while, and wasn't actually going to do it today either, but petri came over and told me to do it..so i did! After that he told me to do bakasana which for me is a new pose, it was fun to get a new pose, sometimes it takes so long to get one but it's fun when the teacher thinks you're ready. So i guess i'm ready!

So yes practice this morning was good and left me with more energy than yesterday, after yesterdays practice i was sooo tired. Today i wasn't. Not that life is tough here though. After practice i go back to my room and have a shower, hot water today! - after half the shower =)  the bathroom in my room is very strange, there is a sink that's very tall with a faucet and the handles for warm and cold, they've written on the wall "hot water" and "cold water" then they've crossed it out and written a big "H" and a big "C" but the "H" is where it's crossed over "cold water" and the "C" is where it says "hot water"  by the shower it is opposite, the hot water is on the other side, and the cold water is on the other side (the opposite from the sink). It says both hot and cold. Which actually they've done quite well since i guess sometimes through that one comes hot and sometimes cold. Confusing? not at all!

After showering i go and drink my morning tea, with mom and dad who usually are done around the same time as me. There is a beautiful sitting area, with roof made of like..straw? i don't know what to call it, it's shaded but some sun peeks in. Very nice and comfortable, there are tables with chairs around there is also the buffet table where our meals are served and also a nice sitting area with beds/sofas with colorful cushions in different shapes and sizes, where one can lay and read and socialize. -Nice!

After breakfast this morning i've been laying down by the pool reading. I love to have time to read, i never have that at home, reading for me means being on vaccation..or being away and having time to read. I've already started and finished one book since i came to india and now i'm on book two. Also i want to read them and ditch them cause my books are heavy in my bag and i don't really want to be lugging around books all over india.

I couldn't lie too long in the sun though, it's nice in the morning but now it's getting very very hot. So i left the pool and had a fresh juice with mom and dad, as i said...life sure is tough sometimes! ;)


Oh in the evenings we have classes too, or not yoga but like yoga philosophy or pranayama and different tips and stuff to learn. Theory and techique. Yesterday was very interesting and also after dinner we were going to watch a movie. Petri asked what we wanted to see.. primary series or hardcore yoga? haha we watched a movie of people doing the fourth series, with Patthabi teaching, he was so strict! And the things they did was..well i don't know if the body is supposed to do things like that!? It was quite fun..i didn't stay for the whole movie though cause it was like two hours. Petri was telling how much more strict the training was before, the teachers sometimes had a stick and would go and hit the students if they did wrong!! hah can you imagine? Hardcore oldschool yoga..with a stick!!

I'll be off now!
Take care.
//mich.