Well, after 5 days in my posh hotel (spending more in 1 week than I have in 3 months), lying on my soft cushy bed in the AC, taking hot showers, and watching more movies and Dancing with the Stars episodes than should be legal, I now have a stiff neck, sore throat, stuffy nose, aching hips, dry skin, parched eyes and lips, and I won't even start to go into the spicy food syndrome after 3 months of a very sattvic diet at the ashram. So life is good, I'm great, and I'm headed into the great unknown. Hopefully a few days without my creature comforts will straighten this poor body out, again.
Definitely a little nervous about my 1st train ride tomorrow, but, again, that is mostly a concern about carry all the ridiculous "crap" I seem to be attached to carrying with me. One way or another I'll figure it out, though. At least I have new slippers (what they call flip-flops in these parts) which hopefully will stay on my feet. You don't even want to know what I've been "dragging" around on my feet desperately gripping with my toes. Actually at the ashram I had given up shoes all together. Never wore them and found that to be quite enjoyable. But here in the big city it's been interesting to not trip and fall down with a left slipper in 3 parts and stretched to about 10 sizes too big. Do you have a good picture in your mind?
So wish me luck and I'll update y'all when I reach Vaidyagrama in Tamil Nadu!
Mandy
Definitely a little nervous about my 1st train ride tomorrow, but, again, that is mostly a concern about carry all the ridiculous "crap" I seem to be attached to carrying with me. One way or another I'll figure it out, though. At least I have new slippers (what they call flip-flops in these parts) which hopefully will stay on my feet. You don't even want to know what I've been "dragging" around on my feet desperately gripping with my toes. Actually at the ashram I had given up shoes all together. Never wore them and found that to be quite enjoyable. But here in the big city it's been interesting to not trip and fall down with a left slipper in 3 parts and stretched to about 10 sizes too big. Do you have a good picture in your mind?
So wish me luck and I'll update y'all when I reach Vaidyagrama in Tamil Nadu!
Mandy
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