Wednesday, November 11th, our regularly scheduled classes are canceled in honor of Veterans Day.
Please join Kasey for a special All Levels class at 9am. Let’s (this means YOU too) meet at MGYS and practice in gratitude, honoring veterans past and present. <3
Namaste.
Hi MG Yogis!
It’s about 6:30 on Sunday night here in Gokulam, Mysore and while I type, I have opened the door to my apartment to let in the cool air accompanying this evening’s rainstorm. As the air circulates a cacophony of horns collide with the thunder as if in competition, as if the air can only hold one or the other. But soon the two merge and fade into the background only to present conversation, laughter, babies crying and sundry other clamour near my home in 3rd Stage. The sounds travel on currents that ebb and flow and filter through my open door and I absorb. it. all. I breathe it all in — soak it up — and like a rung sponge, I let it go. Until the next current.
Tomorrow at 4:30am I begin my Ashtanga practice at KPJAYI. It’s Led Primary which means, Sharath, my teacher, will lead the class (at his pace) through the Primary Series. Although I’ve been here before, I still find myself a little nervous and in anticipation of the morning. “It’s natural though,” I kindly remind myself. Even after all these years of practice I am still and will forever be humbled by the unknown and excited by possibility as observed from my mat.
Before bed, in just a few minutes, I wanted to say, “Thank you.” Thank you for practicing yoga with me at MGYS and trusting me as your teacher. I am forever grateful to you. Without you I would not be here as I am in this moment and for this, I Thank you.
Namaste.
With love and gratitude from Mysore,
Amy
It has been brought to our attention that, “Due to predictions of inclement weather, the Stephen F. Austin State University Homecoming parade scheduled for Saturday morning has been canceled.”
This means that we WILL have our Saturday 9am Halloween Hatha class after all. Kasey is VERY excited to teach so please don’t let the weather spook you from getting on your mat at MGYS!
Remember how especially lovely the space is on a rainy day? Exactly, see you on Saturday!
Erin and I arrived in Gokulam on Tuesday morning around 6:30, red eyed from the long flight and freshly dusted by pungent particles that rushed in opened taxi cab windows from the wild miles between Bangalore and Mysore, we were greeted by our gracious hosts with boisterous salutations and delicious, hot chai and sweet biscuits. Thankful and think-less (aka exhausted) without hesitation, we accepted. Sitting and sipping — smiling — we had arrived, y’all.
This morning, Wednesday, after twelve-ish hours of sleep, we awoke for our first (home) practice in India…..at 3:30am. Cherished memory.
Tomorrow, registration begins. We’ll meet with our teacher, Sharath, and be assigned our practice times. First practice at the Shala will be on Monday!
The past couple of days have been productive. We’ve unpacked and settled in to our house, secured transportation in the form of a scooter, and got our internet and cell phones ready to go.
Now, time for dinner. Smoothie at Anu’s Cafe or Chaats at The Sixth Main?
Freshly blended and ice cold, banana, cashew, and fig smoothie at Anu’s Bamboo Hut. A quiet evening spent relaxing with Buggy, a very well loved black lab who lives here and the only other patron at the time. Perfect.
Hey, one more note! Remember this statement from last year?
Confession: I’m not a blogger or writer for that matter, I find it arduous to compose my thoughts and emotions into words to be exposed publicly — or even privately, see personal journal (there’s not one). I LOVE taking photos, however, and feel I convey my thoughts and emotions more effectively through images. I am eager to share this experience with you, I am overjoyed actually, because without you I am not me and this journey is not mine to be had alone, but ours. Beginning today, I will do my best to update the blog regularly through both words and images (ok, probably more photos – I can’t help it!).
It’s ALL still TRUE, however, a small but important change.
I WILL ACTUALLY make posts regularly this trip. Now that I, as the experienced Mysorian (I may have just made that up) I am, have the insight, ability, and courage to compose in all unusual situations and overcome all unusual challenges, i.e. unknown lengths of time without power. (side note: made possible largely in part by and a huge thanks to my editor from overseas, David Kimling and my local technical support, Jimmy Crow).
Thank you so much for your interest, love, support, and practicing yoga with me. I’m missing the studio’s warmth and charm and all of you who make Morning Glory Yoga so special.
More from Mysore to come. Cheers!!
Love & Gratitude from Gokulam,
Amy
Hello Yogis! This is my last week in Nacogdoches for 2015 and although I am looking forward to my studies in India I am already beginning to miss Morning Glory Yoga , which is to say, missing all of you.
If you have the evening free this Friday please join myself and the other MGYS Instructors for our Community Free Friday class at 5:30 followed by what is sure to be a good time as one of MGYS’s newest teachers and talented musician, Kasey Lansdale, performs. Admission to the concert is free, donations for my trip and support of MGYS are welcomed, encouraged, and greatly appreciated.
We hope to see you on the mat at 5:30 and/or at 7pm for Kasey Lansdale’s Benefit Performance for MGYS and Amy to India.
In Gratitude,
Amy Sanford <3
