my first week in the ashram

It is a week now since I arrived and many things have happened. When I arrived, I felt more death than alive so the first 2 days, I mainly slept. When awake, I was like a cat walking around in circles trying to get familiar with the immediate surroundings : the beach, the houses, some local shop … But also trying to get familiar with some faces and names : Whitney, Heather, Alex, Lorena ….. Now there is also Catharina, Alejandra, Metti, Aisha, Shanna, Evi, Muriel, Vanessa... I start to know wh ere they come from, little whereabouts of their files, their interests …. Funny, I do not know the names of the guys. They are a minority. Like always, I would say.

I got familiar with the walk to the beach . At 8.30 there is morning pranayama on the beach. Doing the relaxation and breathing exercises with the sound of the sea and the small breeze, is really divine. Afterward I walk back to ata Shree and have an early lunch : Indian vegetarian cuisine. Nice and tasty. Some people think it is spicy, but I am used to more spices. I lack ginger though, I do use more of it in my own cuisine.

Then there is a break which I use mostly for writing and keeping in touch with my virtual world.

At 3.30 pm there is tri-dosha balancing yoga. I only have done it 3 times yet, but I already feel a bit of difference in the capacity I have. And it really is good for my muscles and flexibility. I feel it.

By 6.00 pm we go back, have dinner, freshen up and then by 8.00 pm there is satsang. Philosophical items are explained and discussed. Between 10.00 and 11.00 it is finished and a full day has been completed. Some reading or connecting on the internet and … to bed. And for 2 nights now, I have been able to get a full night sleep without waking up.

It is only a week and I really start to feel at 'home' which is good because I am supposed to stay here for another 2 and a half months.

I wonder who I will be then, what I will be feeling then and telling then about the changes my body and mind has undergone by being respectful to myself and taking care of my body, mind and soul.

I will let you know.

om tare tuttare ture svaha

EvaMaria