Yoga and the Morning Routine...

Good Day!!!

Now that the Bhagavad Gita course has started I feel myself starting to drop into a bit of a morning routine including: waking up at 4:30 or so, meditating in my room, yoga from 6 to 7, swimming in the Ganges from 7 to 7:30, breakfast at Madras Cafe, blogging, and then going to Thom's first talk at 10.

Will and I taught (or I should say co-led) a yoga class this morning that felt really good on all levels. About 30 of us showed up and we managed to build up a nice sweat within the allotted hour.

It was also nice to put on the old "teaching"hat again, but in a new environment. A cool thing about teaching newbies is that I can break out some of my old yoga jokes and still get some laughs. As for you guys, don't worry I'm getting new writers for the fall season ; )

Anyway, we plan on teaching that morning class for the remainder of our time here.

Also, I read about some of the recent news going on in the states this morning, particularly the shooting at Virginia Tech, the east coast storm, politics, and a few other headlines. It's amazing how the days blend together over here. There's no television. Only newspapers and round-the-clock worshipping, chanting and praying, regardless of whether or not it's a weekday or a weekend.

It seems that everyone is up and at it by 7 and that life moves at a real time, moment-to-moment pace without much regard or anticipation for what could happen in the future or for what's happened in the past.

This just my own perception of course (and it's not to be confused with the reality of the individuals living here).

Ok, off to my morning lecture. Stay tuned for more updates!

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