The last couple of weeks...

The last couple of weeks have been very good to me. I have never experienced anything like ashram life and I am very grateful for the opportunity. The days really did consist of the schedule I posted earlier but what is missing from the schedule is the peace and solitude I felt as I went about the day. It is amazing to experience life without any sort of stimulation and just be. On my 'free' time I went to the lake and hung out, read, slept and day dreamed. It was a beautiful spot:


After the second yoga class of the day is when us girls caught up on the daily activities and then we went to dinner together (but ate in silence!) Emily on the left is from Washington and Jo is from London. This picture is taken at about 6:15am when we meditated as a very large group (140) by the lake and watched the sun come up.



For the most part the days were the exact same but a couple days before christmas they had a morning fire service which was performed by a priest from an outside community. It was incredible and the drawing on the floor was done with colored powder. This is also the room I did afternoon yoga in.

This room is where it all happened! They call it the main hall and morning meditation, morning yoga, the afternoon lecture and the evening meditation took place here. My butt and hips are finally starting to recover from sitting on the slate floor crossed legs for hours at a time!!!

I am now in Varkala and experiencing beach bliss with great coffee, food and conversations - loads of stimulation!