Above – My lunch today consisting of reheated homemade dal and chapati our cook, Anita, made yesterday. Anita cooks for us every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The meals feed us lunch on those days with enough left over to have for lunch the next day. She always makes dal, chapati and rice along with a main dish which I wasn’t hungry for today. I mixed some of the rice in the dal to make it a bit heartier. Lunch is my main meal here. For dinner I usually have dahi (yogurt) and fruit (oranges, bananas, papayas) with Muesli.
You might wonder what could I possibly see on the way back from Alandi I didn’t see on the way there. Well wonder no more.
We took a detour to visit one more temple and were surprised to find this agricultural oasis.
And, of course, cows.
This is the temple we visited. It’s very small and I only took this one photo.
Here’s another small temple we did not visit.
Within this oasis is this huge apartment construction site.
And a small school.
Back on the road to Pune.
These next three photos are of a a roadside marketplace along the highway. There’s a lot of very fertile farmland here.
Here are some beauties.
I caught this boy-cow mid yawn.
Back in Pune.
Anybody for a Sweet trEat?
Who needs a jack?
SURPRISE! A camel!!
Prashant’s class this morning was typical except we did a lot more Bharadvajasana than usual. Then out of the blue he called out Purvottanasana which we must’ve done a million times – for the back, for the spine, for the stomach, for the arms, for the shoulders, for the mind, for the neck, and so on. This was followed by Parivrtta Upavistha Konasana which was remarkable.
On the days we attend Prashant’s 7am classes (Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays), we have practice following class from 9-noon. This morning Dr. Knight conducted another led practice from 10-noon. These optional led practices are new. They didn’t offer them when I was here in 2013 or 2015. It’s a great addition to the schedule. Those who don’t want to participate can do their own practice in the back of the room. This morning Dr. Knight led us through all sorts of twists, from the very basic (Dandasana turning to the side) to more advanced twists such as Marichyasana 4 and everything in between, plus a long Parsva Sirsasana (headstand twisting to the side), Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand) and Parsva Halasana (plow pose turned to the side – feet in line with the head!). He went on to talk about how the revolved poses “wring” out the organic body (the abdominal region where all the organs are) to cleanse out toxins. It was a strenuous class but also a lot of fun. This was the fourth led practice this month.
Tomorrow we have practice from 9-noon then Pranayama from 6-7:30 pm, most likely taught by Nawaz.
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