Tales of Tuesday

We are officially at the halfway point of our time here. In many ways, I would say it feels like we have been here much longer than two weeks. We are definitely into the Pune routine of things now. Classes and practice, eating lots of sugar (and roti and subji) occasional outings and occasional days like yesterday resting on the couch. Actually, yesterday was Christina's "couch day." We each polished off a novel. Mine about life in the fast lane in NYC, Everybody Worth Knowing and hers Mayada about a woman in an Iraqi prison. We also watched Rumor Has It last night and Gandhi the night before. There is an elaborate furniture rearrangement process that has to go on so we can both be somewhat reclined (half on the couch and half on the wicker chairs) and be able to see the small screen of the computer and hear its limited volume and also have the computer plugged into the one outlet in the living room (as the battery does not last for an entire movie), but we are quite zealous in our pursuit of popular culture escapism at this point.

Last night, Geeta did a wonderful backward bending class and we practiced it again this morning. Christina and I are really both finding that process of taking class and practicing hugely beneficial. We were talking about how to keep that intentionality and focus with respect to practice upon return. (See Christina's blog for the sequence and details)

The biggest thing I got from her class last night was about the importance of watching yourself in various modes of practice and performance. Often, when we can do something well, we lose the opportunity to observe. For instance, if we can go up with two legs in Sirsasana II, we just think that's that and don't look deeper. We don't look to see what we can gain by looking at what happens when we go up one leg at a time, where does unevenness occur, which sides do we favor.. She is teaching how to observe ourselves and to learn as much as she is teaching poses or nuances of poses.

Well, we are off on another journey down FC road. Jaya bought some very cool outfits at a couple stores new Vashali's and I am craving a Coffee Day frozen drink.