So I’m a week into my attempt to meditate daily, and it’s going well so far I think. As far as any kind of technique goes, I have simply been watching my breath. Every time my mind wanders (which is ridiculously often), I just gently steer it back to observing the breath, trying to feel it enter andContinueContinue reading “A meditation on meditation”
Category Archives: Mysore life
Lego and crayons – remembering how to play
This weekend I took a bit of time out of my experimentations with a more ascetic lifestyle – I’m definitely enjoying lots of time to write and meditate but we humans are naturally social creatures and reclusivity is only appealling to me if it has clearly defined limits! Look – me being social! By the way,ContinueContinue reading “Lego and crayons – remembering how to play”
Damn those coconuts
The other day, thanks to the seasoned wisdom of some some friends who’ve been coming here for years, I solved Mysore’s greatest mystery. Since we arrived, I’ve been finding dirty brown splodges over my clothes after they’ve dried on the line. I’ve already had to admit defeat on two t-shirts, including my favourite blue vest, whichContinueContinue reading “Damn those coconuts”
Home Alone 2
So, Chris has left again to complete the second (mahoosive) leg of his moped trip through India – this time he has around 2500 km to cover up to Delhi rather than the 600 km covered on the first leg, gulp. He reckons it will take him between 8 and 10 weeks. So I amContinueContinue reading “Home Alone 2”
Culinary cooperation and amazing ant-ics
Yesterday was all about teamwork. First of all, we took a cooking class with Manju, the gifted, maternal and all-round lovely cook at Mandira Cafe. It was great to enter the tiny, dark kitchen where all the magic happens, and watch Manju at work over the gas hob, taking notes and helping chop, grate and stir.ContinueContinue reading “Culinary cooperation and amazing ant-ics”
Stop looking, start finding
As previously mentioned, when we returned from our wonderful rural road trip the other day, my enthusiasm to get back on the yoga train was flagging somewhat. Coming back to Mysore had once again prompted unwelcome feelings of being a bit lost and confused about the whole thing. In desperation, I asked Chris to share with me someContinueContinue reading “Stop looking, start finding”
Crouching tiger, hidden yogi
Happy new year! These lovely welcome messages lay at the outskirts of every settlement we passed through. We noisily revved back into Mysore on the Royal Enfield (called a Bullet in India) yesterday after a fantastic road trip round the tranquil plantations of the beautiful Coorg region of Karnataka followed by two nights in the stunningContinueContinue reading “Crouching tiger, hidden yogi”
Christmas presence in the mountains
This is just a little post to say that I haven’t forgotten about my blog – Chris returned from the first leg of his travels last week (safe and well) and I decided to prioritise spending time together rather than doing yoga or writing, both of which I have realised are inherently very antisocial activities! We’ve enjoyedContinueContinue reading “Christmas presence in the mountains”
Karma bananas
I feel like being in India is teaching me all kinds of little but important lessons. Perhaps it’s because I have the luxury of time each day to do asana, pranayama and meditation, such that I’m more open to them; I think such life lessons are probably there for the taking at any point, as longContinueContinue reading “Karma bananas”
Second series boot camp
This week has mostly been a fairly lax week of asana due to Masterji suffering from a nasty bout of flu. He still turned up to class, but for three days he just sat on a chair in the corner of the room looking like a man who clearly needed to be in bed. ButContinueContinue reading “Second series boot camp”
frond yoga with Rebecca May 