Hello I have arrived back in Seattle and began teaching today. It feels great to be back and see familiar peeps. I wanted to tell you about the last week I spent in India. My new friends and I visited the Agakhan palace also known as Gandhi National Memorial. Gandhi, his wife Kasturba, and his secretary where interned or imprisoned here from 1942-1944. Also part of Gandhi's ashes are kept here. I ate my first southern Thali dinner which is composed of little cups of various dishes that they keep filling up as long as you can keep emptying the. Some sweet and some spicy and a lot of different breads which india has so many different kinds of. I also visited a Synagogue which was built in the Gothic church style made from red brick. In india they have a very elaborate breath freshener as seen on the green leaves. I didn't try it but men eat it after they smoke and so tobacco rolled cigarettes are sold from the same cart. And finally my friends and I went to a defunct organic farm but is now just a bunch of restaurants including the Moroccan one that we are at. There were once various treatment rooms here as well. I look forward to sharing the rest my stories and experiences with you in the yoga classes to come. I hope I can distill as much of this amazing institute and city to you as possible. I will resume teaching yoga classes starting February 4th. And I will continue to blog here as a way to communicate yoga to you.
Sincerely,
Tara
