New Friends

I woke up in the morning at 4:15 to the ringing of the bell, I had many dreams after that about how to get my shower working and what I would do in the daytime.  I finally got up to take a call with my dad about if I wanted to stay here because it is so far away from the city… I have had enough of the city for now.  The city is always bustling with something and here everything is peaceful and going at its own pace.

At breakfast I sat with the same man from last night but this time we talked to each other, it was nice to talk to another person.  After he left four other people from different places around the world joined me but the only ones who would tell me were the girls, they were German and Polish.  Again my age was assumed (21) because “I am so mature looking and the way I speak makes me seem older as well”, if only they could see the silly things I do with my friends.  I was told how to work my shower finally and when I got back to my room that is exactly what I did!  A nice hot shower awaited me and I couldn’t have felt better after that.  I was going to go to a class but was told otherwise and sent to the office to be told what my schedule would look like, not that I would follow it exactly anyways.  After that I was given a lesson on how to breath, when it came to laying on my back and breathing I fell peacefully asleep but still aware of everything.  I felt calm when I woke up and ready for lunch, I couldn’t stop thinking of samosas while I was asleep. 

The houses in which we stay

So many different flowers

The meditation hall is the one with all the orange flowers

So pretty...

I ate lunch outside because today turned out to be absolutely perfect; the sun was so warm against my sides and legs.  When lunch concluded I did I digestive breathing class and a different instructor ended up falling asleep while teaching me, I had to cough loudly to wake him up and then he continued to teach the lesson.  

When the lesson was finished I had time to self reflect for an hour, instead I attempted to recharge the plan on my phone online but with no success… something to do with my cards but I highly doubt it.  I wont get worried about something as silly as my phone because I don’t always need to communicate and I can always get a SIM card for $10.  I sat out in the sun while doing all of this because it was warm outside and inside was cold.  Teatime is at 4 and there is a yoga class at 4:15 but I couldn’t seem to find it so I just went back to my room and figured out how to turn the heat on, I am getting good at making things hot now.  I also got a kettle to add to the list of things to make hot.  At 5:45 I did an hour and 15-minute meditation with Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, at the begging it was quite peaceful… and then my leg started to hurt and my foot got pins and needles and I had to reposition countless times.  I so baldly wanted be peaceful but I could not get comfortable, it was the longest hour ever but I managed to repeat my mantra 216 times and spent the other time doing another mantra.  I was so happy when the dinner bell rang, I could barely walk down the stairs my legs were so sore.  I retreated back to my little house so I might try to mend myself before I headed off to dinner.

I sat with a new friend for dinner who is an instructor here; we had very intelligent conversations.  It wasn’t about yoga if you can imagine, it was about how everyone is programmed to do what everyone else is doing and what they have been told to do for generations; university, well paying job, a family, ect.  He was very passionate as he spoke about all this and when I gave answers to questions he said he has never met any person like me before, he said it is an absolute pleasure to meet me; I guess my answers were right.  After dinner I went to watch a movie about a student of Swami and what he has learned.  I learned that we are all tiny twigs on one giant tree and even when the twig falls off and dies the tree still remains… life still continues even when we are gone.  Knowing this I went to bed fairly happy and tired, I can’t wait for another day here.