Two spoons..

So I'm supposed to be on a call talking to a doctor about teaching an Intro to Ashtanga course at a university here in India, but the line is busy and has been now for a bit. So I decided to write a bit.

Conference this last Saturday was really good. At first I was trying to write but couldn't really formulate what I wanted to say, but I knew there was something in there to say. It never did come to the surface so I just left it alone. Now I still don't know that there are words that will come out, but I'm going to write anyway.

One thing I did find out that I'll tell you about, often when you go to the local Indian restaurants for idly or vada they will give you two spoons, and someone posted asking why in the Facebook community. So I thought maybe it was because they used one for one thing and one for the other, but I finally asked and found out it is to cut of the food and you use one to spoon it into your mouth then. So they use them much like we use a fork and knife in the West. I personally don't use utensils this way, I just use a fork to cut through whatever I'm eating and then to place it in my mouth, but we're taught this with the knife and fork as the "proper" way to eat things...

So, now we know, big mystery solved.

Another thing, the new installment of the Star Wars franchise came out last week at home. And I've been seeing post after post about how good it is, people seeing it multiple times. Here in India it doesn't come out until Friday, which is Christmas. I checked last night and the tickets for the Thursday night early shows were already on sale so a good friend offered to scooter me up there and boom, got the tickets. I'm excited to see the film realized visually, but I've already read all the information and know all that happens in the movie, well, maybe not all. But the big plots and twists I know. I also know that it looks and feels much like the original movie and is an homage of sorts to it. Still, I'm excited to see it.

This week I made my debut back into the led classes here after three weeks(?) maybe? Not sure exactly when I stopped going but its been a while and I followed some good advice and it worked. I had a nice spot and didn't have to deal with the pushing and shoving to get into the class. That was yesterday and today was a Mysore class. I was tired. The full moon this Friday has already got me waking up at odd times of the night, the non moon day weeks I've been sleeping like a baby. So I went to class very sleepy this morning but due to that fact my mind wasn't there to distract me from my focus, so my breath was good and my practice was quick and smooth. Very nice.

These are the kind of practices we all want to have all the time I think. This being already an intense form of yoga, having a bit of ease here and there is very welcome!

Well, not much to say so I'll go try to call once more and then take a nap if there's no answer again.

Have a great week and if I don't get to write again before Friday and say so, have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays in general, whatever might be the ones you celebrate!