4.11.07

At what temperature would we melt?

Today is Sunday, lazy Sunday! Mainly because it is noon and currently around 35degrees but feels much more. It's hard to sit still as the heat slowly makes it through your nostrils and eyes into your skull, gently cooking your brain. I've lost count of how many litres of water I've consumed today. However for some reason I feel that this is only the beginning as it will only get hotter as the months pass by. Yesterday Sayuri was going to meet some of her friends from Mysore who are practising yoga in Goa. As much as wanting to meet people and get out the house I was also conscious that I had a lot of work to do and wanted to meet two people I know from London on Sunday. So Richard and I decided to stay behind whilst Sayuri went out to meet her friends. She came back around 4pm and when we asked how the lunch was, she said "she didn't come, just like in Mysore". I remember having conversations with people before when they complained about how laid back people can be in Mysore and often when they say they'll meet somewhere all of a sudden their plans change, something "important" comes up and they happily let people down without letting them know. Sounds like a great tactic to get rid of someone you didn't like, send them off to a restaurant to wait for you while you have fun with your friends, but on another level that is just bad character. I thought this was an incident that occurred every now and then but listening to Sayuri it seemed that it is the norm. The worse was when she cooked for a group of her friends in Mysore and no one showed up, she said she was very upset because of her efforts and wasted food. Is this what happens when yoga becomes so much more important that in order to get your space on the mat you become lame and inconsiderate, and to fit in with certain groups of people you let down others?After Sayuri's experience I wondered how my meeting with my two friends would go today. Maybe you can guess what I'm about to write, well if you haven't then try! I didn't meet them at the time and place they suggested. Sayuri made me think that rather than just showing up perhaps I ought to call to confirm. I rang, no answer; and I sent a text after. It was only 10min before our meeting time I had a reply to say that they were doing something else and hadn't made any further plans about today yet. Ouch…If I hadn't rang would I simply be waiting around like Sayuri as well? Is astanga yoga creating insensitive monsters who become selfish, lose their values and become obsessed with physical aspect of yoga?