This day – 8 years ago…

On my first trip to India (post Uni, pre- teacher training) I travelled from the south to the north of India on a tight budget over 6 months.

I dabbled – A Lot!

I enjoyed moon days (especially in Goa!)

… and I loved every minute!

Dabbling is good, wondering, exploring…
… then finding your path again and keeping your telescope aligned on the point is a great moment…
… with all those tools and tricks under your belt to keep you strong and confident.

♥

om saha nāvavatu

saha nau bhunaktu

saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai

tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

Translation:
May we be protected together,
May we be nourished together,
May we work together with great vigor.
May our study be enlightening.
May no obstacle arise between us.
Om peace, peace, peace.

This morning in the Mysore practice room I could feel there were many: ‘Ahh, Haa, I get it’, moments happening…

And then after the class I had a few of my own, some of which were brought on by the students today as we worked together, communicated and shared.

Cool!

February Food – Sunday 19th February 2012

7am
1 liter of warm water with 1 lemon juiced (skin and all)
3 teaspoons of raw honey
1 cup of white tea

10am
1 Cup of Pukka’s ’3 Mint Tea’
1 dessertspoon Manuka Honey 5+

12pm
1 punnet Grapes

1:30pm
1 cup of Pukka ‘Three Ginger Tea’
1 30g box of ‘Pacari’ cacao nibs

Later…
A small chunk of 100% stone ground cacao from my cacao man Steve

Green soup – containing

2 romaine lettuce,
2 salad packs,
1 bag of rocket
1/2 cucumber,
4 dessert spoons of hemp seeds (no shells!),
1/2 red onion
2 table spoons of cider vinegar,
*BLEND UNTIL SMOOTH*

3 NORI ROLLS – containing
1 Nori sheet per ‘roll’
1/3 salad pack per ‘roll’
2 table spoons of coconut aminos per ‘roll’
+ a wee spread of green soup

Garnish soup/noris with 2 bulbs of black garlic.

Later…
1 apple
1 cup of 3 mint tea

♥

PS – Camera is on the way so I can finally show you what this lot looks like!!!

Here’s what my week looked like…
21 classes (including what you can see below plus one beginners course and 4 x 1-2-1 private sessions).
Oh and a charity event of 108 sun salutations!
Today I wanted to share with you what I found hard, what I found easy and how I did it…
Scroll down and read on…

The things I found challenging about this busy schedule:

1. Getting enough sleep.
2. The impact on my body physically (I feel new muscles forming from adjusting so much!).
3. The impact on my laundry pile and general house hold chores.
4. Fitting in my usual grocery shopping.
5. Timing eating right to ensure I wasn’t teaching/sleeping/practicing on a full stomach but with enough fuel to keep me going.
6. Finding time for me. Just Be-ing and not do-ing.
7. Finding time for others (friends. family. Steve)

The things I found made this week feel easy even with this challenging schedule:

1. When I put my head on the pillow – I slept – I mean really SLEPT!
2. Knowing that I was learning so much every day – immersing myself in my dharma of teaching yoga and being around such inspiring individuals.
3. My friends understanding and giving me a warming smile, a hug or some friendly encouragement.
4. Relaxing a little on how much gets done and focusing on the quality of what does get done.
5. My family – for understanding and helping out with simple things like a lift to the recycling bank!
6. A great diet – keep it simple and light so I had excess energy to do what needed to be done. This is the opposite of what many people do – (i.e. there is a notion we must eat more to ‘get by’ which I find has the opposite effect on me!).
7. Smiling. Laughing. Enjoying. Being grateful. Learning…

February Food – Saturday 18th February 2012

7am
1 liter of warm water with 1 lemon juiced (skin and all)

8:00am
3 teaspoons of raw honey
1 cup of white tea

10am
500ml coconut water
1 dessertspoon Manuka Honey 5+

12pm
Juice – 3 apples, 1 Celery, 1 cucumber, 1 bag of spinach

2:30pm
1 cup of Pukka ‘Three Ginger Tea’
1 50g bar of ‘Pacari’ 100% cacao

Later… 2 apples

6pm
Green soup – containing

1 romaine lettuce,
2 salad packs,
1 bag of spinach
1/2 cucumber,
4 dessert spoons of hemp seeds (no shells!),
2 table spoons of cider vinegar,
*BLEND UNTIL SMOOTH*

Garnish with 1 BULB of Black Garlic…

Before bed…

1 liter of Pukka ‘Harmonise’ tea

♥