7.3.2008 Leaving Mysore It's been a strange day; although I knew it was my last day in Mysore I was neither sad nor excited. I just knew that tomorrow would be a day of travelling. I became very neutral in Mysore as it was always a love-hate relationship so perhaps I learned something positive! We went for dosa dinner at Green Leaf with a bunch of people I grew very close to in the last few weeks. Sometimes you can spend half a day with someone and they become...

7.3.2008 Everyone has a story I wanted to write more about people and their stories but felt that I may be launching into people's personal lives a little too much; some of those people may even be reading this blog and it could be unfair. So I decide to generalise! A friend back home has been made redundant at work, anxious about her future so she feels that she must stay put and work out a solution. However as there isn't any urgent financial crisis I recomm...

6.3.2008 Mysore Contacts I have so many cards I have collected from various people that I thought its best to save them on a document before I lose it all. Even amongst the yoga students first thing to do is to get your business card (in this case social card) made. So in the month I have been here my purse slowly filled up with colourful cards. But here we go: For taxi bookings, accommodation, scooter hire: Anu's Bamboo Hut: Ganesh (great guy, also h...

3.3.2008 Indian Domestic Relations There is a big domestic argument going on somewhere on my street. A man and a woman are throwing verbal accusations at each other inside their home. It is so audible that if I could understand a word of Kanada I could actually translate the whole matter but to my ear it sounds like gibberish, only with some very violent energy attached to it. All of a sudden it made me think about my landlord, Mr Acharya. I think I had writt...

1.3.2008 Eagle it is! I had an amazing morning with Andrea. First we had a very big breakfast with Ayalet also, stuffing ourselves with healthy dosas. And then Andrea and I had one of the shamanic ceremonies to go to underworld to the world of animal spirits to find my power animal. It came to me very quickly actually as it was circling above me with grace, giving me courage and stregth. At one point it did come down to earth to land on my arm whilst we gazed a...