{"id":1828,"date":"2013-08-28T08:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T08:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2013-08-28T09:12:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T09:12:18","slug":"yay-more-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"Yay!  Camels &#038; more cows.  Oh, and a goat."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning we were treated again with Nawaz&#8217;s amazing teaching at the women&#8217;s class.  It was all about the breath, taking the anterior posterior back (yes, there is such a thing) in to lift the sternum, and opening and broadening the chest.  The Pranayama was basic, but there&#8217;s so much to learn at every stage, and each teacher brings new understandings that it is always worth learning and re-learning.<\/p>\n<p>There are only three more days of classes left before we leave Sunday.  I can&#8217;t believe that I was given this incredible opportunity and that it&#8217;s almost over.  With that said, let me try to squeeze the rest of my 1,000+ pictures in the upcoming blogs.  I suppose if I don&#8217;t get through them all, I can always continue my India blogging until I&#8217;ve expired all my pictures and stories.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, I had lunch at Lalit Mahal again.  It&#8217;s only a short walk from our flat.   Here I am with yoga comrades Sharon and Jill (Australia).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124429.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124429.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-124429.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s a small residence we passed on the way back.  Notice the clump of old broken bricks in the driveway.  There seems to be a lot of piles of bricks everywhere.  Odd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124608.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124608.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-124608.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s a vacant lot that appears to be an abandoned construction site.  It&#8217;s surrounded by chain link fence, which would explain why it&#8217;s not filled with trash.  I think it&#8217;s kinda cool, so I slipped my lens through the holes in the fence and now you get to see it &#8211; the enchanted abandoned construction site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124848.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124848.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-124848.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124912.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124912.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-124912.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124949.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-124949.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-124949.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125041.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125041.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-125041.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125107.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125107.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-125107.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>I like this brick wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125303.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125303.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-125303.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Typical sight of rickshaw drivers taking a break.  This is a &#8220;hot&#8221; rickshaw corner.  There&#8217;s always one here if you need it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125437.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125437.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-125437.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Cheese Balls anyone?  &#8230; to go with the Tomato Balls I posted a couple weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125519.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-125519.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-125519.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>A goat just hanging out, eating trash on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133027.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133027.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133027.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere are some random photos I&#8217;ve taken from rickshaw rides.<\/p>\n<p>Child safety always comes first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133154.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133154.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133154.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Yay!!!  Camels!  And, of course, Indian people always willing to smile for the camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133332.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133332.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133332.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Yay!  Another camel a few blocks away.  I&#8217;m getting pretty quick with the picture taking &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133531.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133531.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133531.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Yay again!!  Cows (eating trash, of course).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133713.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133713.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133857.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-133857.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-133857.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>And let&#8217;s have a Yay for the cow in the middle of the road &#8211; always a photo op!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134122.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134122.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134122.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Nana slows down for me so I can get a better shot.  I think he thinks I&#8217;m nuts &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134234.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134234.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134234.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>These bamboo stakes are what is used to hold the next floor up during construction.  I see this on every construction site at this phase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134438.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134438.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>Random:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134603.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134603.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134603.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134624.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134624.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134624.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134650.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134650.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134730.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130828-134730.jpg\" alt=\"20130828-134730.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon, I&#8217;ve got practice at 4pm.  Then, evidently it&#8217;s Krishna&#8217;s birthday today and there&#8217;s supposed to be some kind of celebration this evening, so we may venture out to see what it&#8217;s all about.  I wouldn&#8217;t want to miss any good photo opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll sign off today with a quote from Nawaz&#8217;s Pranayama class this morning.  &#8220;Let go of the psychological garbage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From iNdia with Love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning we were treated again with Nawaz&#8217;s amazing teaching at the women&#8217;s class. It was all about the breath, taking the anterior posterior back (yes, there is such a thing) in to lift the sternum, and opening and broadening the chest. 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