Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Last Post from Pune

Well, we had our last pranayama class with Geeta. Fabulous. Her clarity of instruction and ability to facilitate attentiveness is ongoingly impressive and inspiring, an incantation toward the inner work of yoga. Dinner at Vashali was also great. I took Randy's advice and tried the tomato and cheese uttapa. Very pizza like, but spongier.

this morning we had our last session in the practice hall. It was a nice way to wind things down and it is great to have a three hour practice on the front end of the epic journey homeward. Then we took one last walk down chatushringi and FC road for a final lunch of dosas at Vashali. The walk along the road was particularly traffic filled, noisy, and smelly, so that too was a nice note to end on, back to the land of traffic lights, cross walks, and horns only being used for emergencies.

A small part of me wishes I were staying another month, but mostly I think our decision to stay a month for the first trip was the right one.

In all, it has been a great experience perhaps I'll have more eloquent words of wisdom to sum up the experience upon my return to Waco.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Even though we've never met, I've really enjoyed reading your posts! You and Christina have done us yoga nerds a great service with your thoughtful reflections on your time in Pune.

Thanks, and have a safe trip home!

Shirley said...

Hi Anne-Marie,

Thank you for sharing your trip. It was wonderful to enjoy some of your experenses. Hope your trip home is a good one.

Shirley Sell

Christina Sell said...

I miss the pod.