What an amazing week this has been! The group is getting on really well together and we have been concentrating hard on out lessons. There are so many things I'd like to write about.
Firstly I'll write about our daily routine. We are up at 5.45am everyday and have mediation for 30 minutes. We then have asana (yoga posture) class for an hour and a half. After that we have breakfast and our first lesson starts at 10.15am. We usually start with philosophy and go on to breathing exercises or cleansing techniques. After lunch we have two more lessons during which we learn about the Sanskrit texts yoga originated from and we finish the day learning about the asanas and how to teach them. Dinner is at 6.30pm and we have self study in the evenings.
The food we eat here is all organic and local and we follow a strict sattvic/ragasic vegan diet. This basically means no processed foods or stimulants and very healthy. I have not yet craved anything because the food is so delicious I don't feel like I am missing or being deprived of anything!
We have a group of 25 students from all over the world and we all get on really well. We are also very motivated and enjoying the course so far. The couple who run the course are from brazil and india and are so knowledgable and inspiring. They employ thai people from the local town and they themselves have even started to be vegetarian because they appreciate the health benefits and feel better in themselves.
The first few days were quite difficult because it was quite a lot to adapt to but after the headaches and tiredness passed I had unlimited energy throughout the day and felt really good.
Yoga itself is a fascinating subject and so much deeper and powerful than I ever imagined. I have learnt so much about the yogic lifestyle and its principles which I would really like to try and incorporate into my life once I leave. For example this has been a great motivational boost to totally cut out sugar and processed foods from my diet so I would really like to maintain that. Not even a treat in the weekend!
So here are some pictures of the ashram!
Firstly I'll write about our daily routine. We are up at 5.45am everyday and have mediation for 30 minutes. We then have asana (yoga posture) class for an hour and a half. After that we have breakfast and our first lesson starts at 10.15am. We usually start with philosophy and go on to breathing exercises or cleansing techniques. After lunch we have two more lessons during which we learn about the Sanskrit texts yoga originated from and we finish the day learning about the asanas and how to teach them. Dinner is at 6.30pm and we have self study in the evenings.
The food we eat here is all organic and local and we follow a strict sattvic/ragasic vegan diet. This basically means no processed foods or stimulants and very healthy. I have not yet craved anything because the food is so delicious I don't feel like I am missing or being deprived of anything!
We have a group of 25 students from all over the world and we all get on really well. We are also very motivated and enjoying the course so far. The couple who run the course are from brazil and india and are so knowledgable and inspiring. They employ thai people from the local town and they themselves have even started to be vegetarian because they appreciate the health benefits and feel better in themselves.
The first few days were quite difficult because it was quite a lot to adapt to but after the headaches and tiredness passed I had unlimited energy throughout the day and felt really good.
Yoga itself is a fascinating subject and so much deeper and powerful than I ever imagined. I have learnt so much about the yogic lifestyle and its principles which I would really like to try and incorporate into my life once I leave. For example this has been a great motivational boost to totally cut out sugar and processed foods from my diet so I would really like to maintain that. Not even a treat in the weekend!
So here are some pictures of the ashram!
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