Be careful how you bend me...

Just checking in...

Still hanging out at the ashram. All is well. It's a quiet life here, so not too terribly much to report. We were supposed to have a "field trip" to Konyakamuri yesterday, but not enough people signed up, so one of the other girls and I headed out to Kovalam beach for a day of swimming and contraband (i.e. coffee! and fish! we are soooo bad). I honed my ever-sharpening bargaining skills on the beach... a story I'll tell you when I have more time. It was such a nice day out and yet another of those times when I just had to think to myself, "Who gets to do this????" as I sat sipping my iced coffee and watching the sunset over the sea. Life is good.

In other news, I started an Ayurvedic cleanse today which should be interesting, 9 days of food deprivation and treatments ranging from unpleasant (purging) to enjoyable (3 days of massage) to downright disgusting (5 days of drinking medicated ghee... that's clarified butter... yick). Still enjoying the yoga despite some sore muscles. I'm thinking I'll finish up here and head to the beach at Varkala for a few days before finding my way back to Delhi for my flight out of India.

Hope this finds you all doing well... as much as I find I'm trying to stretch out every last moment of this adventure to make it last as long as possible, I can't wait to see all of you at home.

Love, peace and all good things coming your way. Om. :)