Peace..Love...and Kimchee

Today was the Friday led practice and it was so great. I was sore as get out but after the first three Surya Namaskara A I couldn't get enough. Sharath was very funny and light this morning but his holds were no joke. In the warm up he was at a steady pace....you think you are in for bit of a hay ride and than he gets you in Utthita Hasta Padagusthasana..1..2...Hey..you..in the purple...why you in hurry..are you hungry..3..........................................................................4....5.Get the point...I love it though.. He just smiles so big and you can here people grunting and bitching under their breath..or maybe just me...hahaha. Finally you get to Dandasanasa and the real work begins..I used to think the hard part was in the standing postures but I was more than wrong. All I'm going to say is Purvottasana to Marichyasana A is more effective than any treadmill or diet pill you can buy on the market..It doesn't only clean the shit out of your body either...when you think you have detoxed all you can detox your mind throws up all over your ego and before you know it your yoga mat becomes more valuable than the self help section at your local Barnes and Noble book store( or Sapna if your in the beautiful Mysore City). Yoga in general is a transformational tool..When you come to Mysore and began to really live yoga you learn it is just that..a way of life..not a 90 minute sweat it out to Madonna remix of Ray Of Light in a heated room at your community YMCA.


Today for lunch I had Korean food. Yes!!!!there is a Korean place in Mysore..I know....I flipped..I wanted rice so bad...I ordered a noodle dish and some veggie sushi..The server also brought out some kim chee and a scallion pancake..I was in heaven.I ordered an extra side of rice to eat with my kim chee....I will be going back before the weekend is over. I was so in love with the korean food I went to the market and found supplies to make Korean pancakes and kim chee. I can't wait.


So after my Korean food supply shopping trip my search for the last item on my list led me to the Chicken butcher...In mysore most everyone is vegetarian but there are some people that do eat meat..There is a Muslim population and a small western population that do eat chicken around here. I had seen this place and tried to avoid it but I really needed eggs for my pancakes..I sucked up my nerves and walked up the the butcher and asked for half a dozen eggs...He looked at me and said ..yes...yes...yes...It was only 16R for half a dozen eggs...that's like 20 cents..Crazy..When I got home I realized that the eggs I just bought were probably from the chickens that were killed today..Kind of makes me sick to my stomach...I'm going to try not to think about it. I tried to rationalize it by saying in India the are more humane about killing their chickens but it just creeps me out...It's kind of like saying slitting a throat is better than bashing some poor animals head in...Ok..enough about the chickens..I'm still making my Korean pancakes. (Where do you draw the line between greed and need).


I went home and relaxed and read my books..I keep facinating about Korean pancakes and kim chee.  Tomorrow I'm going to make kim chee and practice making my Pancakes..Wish me luck..
Peace, Love, and Kimchee...
Namaste,