We just spent our first full day in a Wellness resort......Yoga,meditation and small, healthy portions of vegetarian food:((. Here until Sunday morning....pray for us. We Had a massage today. Walked in and the attendant told me to hang my yoga outfit on the door. I was of course totally naked. He asked me to stand still while he put underwear on me....a strip of cloth with a string on one end. With the flap hanging down in front he tied the string around my waist, then pulled the cloth flap between my legs and passing it under the string in the back to complete the process. I felt and looked like a Aboriginal native from the bush....not to mention violated. I was instructed to lay face down on the Massage table and he untied the thing and started the Massage. .......Naked as a blue jay. We have two more massages scheduled and I’m very nervous.
1/11 印度教没有加入一说,必须是by birth,但其修行的方法却被成功地推广到全世界。被全世界不同文化背景、不同语言、不同肤色的人接受、学习和练习着。这就是有5000多年历史的瑜伽。当地人告我 “Yoga comes out of Hinduism. But it doesn't confines to Hinduism only. It’s a mechanism of cleansing your body, soul and mind”在印度瑜伽垫子是酒店房间标配。导游,餐厅服务员,街上碰到不管是谁,有机会我就问”您练瑜伽吗?”答案都是 “Yes”
“how often do you practice yoga?”
“Everyday, min 20-40 mins meditation and then some stretch if necessary.
我们现在上课练的那些瑜伽体式其实就是印度教信徒们盘腿打坐修行时间久了,活动活动筋骨用的。瑜伽远不止这些体式,没有呼吸做这些体式也是瞎掰。我们这院里,是个wellness center. 比yoga retreat center 多了些按摩、清理内脏系统的理疗。