The wifi at our hotel, once again, proved to be unreliable this morning. I spent an hour putting together my blog for the day, and the wifi wasn’t working. Now that it’s working, I find that my blog post draft has disappeared so now I have to recreate it. I’m telling myself to let it go, and satisfying that “letting it go” with a brief description of following photos.

Indian police vehicle (2 police passenger)

Hotel where we are staying now, but tonight will be our last night here.

This is Kathleen (my new bestie from Milwaukee…) sporting the wrap-around-the-ears face mask needed at certain times, like when there’s a lot of traffic (always) or walking past something really icky smelling (almost always).

The following are pictures of the exterior of RIYMI (Ramamani Iyengar Yoga Memorial Institute). Cameras aren’t allowed inside, and (after I took these exterior pictures) I learned photos aren’t allowed on the premises …

These are carvings of Guruji on the exterior of the building.

Random chicken cruising down the sidewalk.
A lot of people ride motorcycles here. It’s common to see 2, 3 and sometimes 4 people on one motorcycle (dad, mom, small child, baby), usually with no helmets.

Just down the street from the Institute, there’s a beautiful park that is very well maintained with locking gates for when the park is closed, so it stays clean.This bamboo is huge.

We saw Guruji and Geetaji today for the first time, and Guruji was practicing in the room with us during our practice time – long supported backbends, just like the pictures (over the horse, in the ropes, over the bench …), and giving directions to his regular student/teachers while he was practicing. He is truly amazing at 95!!

We have practice again today at 4pm, then tomorrow begin attending classes. I presented a note for Geetaji about my shoulder surgery, so I have yet to learn whether I’ll be attending regular classes or medical classes (or both). But practice is going well and I feel I’ve gained a little more mobility.

Ommmmm