Shortly after writing the week 3 post of my Ashram experiences, Dylan arrived at the Ashram and we escaped early Saturday morning to attend a dear friend’s wedding in Haliburton, Ontario. Lots of driving, little sleep, a sip of wine, black tea and sugar (all things I had not been exposed to for 3 weeks) [...]
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23 Jul
Week 3 of Ashram Life
This week started off with a huge Hindhu festival called Kavadi. We were expecting 20,000 people to attend, but we think the numbers were closer to 10,000 and it wasn’t as crazy as we thought it would be. However, there was definitely still some crazy things, like the hooks in this man’s back:There are strings [...]
16 Jul
Week #2 in the Ashram…
These are my lessons from the second week of life in an Ashram in the Sivananda Teacher Training Course in Val Morin, Quebec: The World Cup squeezed it’s way through the gates of the Ashram and instead of our 2-4pm lecture on the 4 Paths of Yoga, we ate popcorn and watched the final game! [...]
