Richard has arrived. Theresa and Adam had gone into the city, Panjim yesterday and went to collect him from the airport also. I was pretty excited to get someone new in the staff house, another person to talk to, bring more dynamics to the group and so on. So around 3om they arrived with Richard. Rita was very excited, I mean we had been looking at the two vacant rooms to see which one he should go into all day and at the end we both agreed on the nicer room that...

It is a struggle now to know the date, I just know that it is Friday and I have been here for a week. Time is flying by; each day is getting more and more routine-like. Breakfast, then some work, then often go out for lunch with Theresa and Adam, a bit more wok, dinner, watch a movie or read before bed…So with everything being the same, it is very hard to keep up with the date/day of the week. Today one of our western chefs Richard is arriving. Already Rita...

I am still completely lost about the day of the week or the date; I think it may be 24th October today. I am finally finding my feet at the retreat and enjoying it very much. I hadn't quite realised that some tasks can take as long as the whole day. The locals are very laid back about how they work. We notice that the girls in the office tend to stroll in around 9.30am, work a little bit and then have a tea break, then a little more work before having lunch betwe...

23.10.07Yoga isn't going so well. I know that I need to do something about it until the season opens in 3 weeks. I seem to want to lie in bed than get up and practice on my own in the front room. I was motivated enough to do it once when I arrived, only managing it up to Navasana pose. My body felt so creaky, old and heavy. Then the weekend came so it was more excuse to rest. I think the guilt of not doing anything is so bad that I again dragged myself out of the...

I'm not really sure about the day of the week or the date anymore. Today Theresa, Adam and I decided to tour around the famous beaches of Goa starting from the very hippie ends of Arambol in North Goa. As I had seen the beautiful Kerela for the past two years in a row now perhaps my expectations of Goa beaches were much greater than what I witnessed. It was partly due to the overcast weather but the sea was rather gray, the beach was dirty with dogs and cows leis...