A very well known and successful advertiser once said that there are no right or wrong decisions; the decision one makes (or is it takes?), at a determined time and place, is the wright one just by the fact that it was the one that was chosen. It makes no sense and it doesn't serve anybody any good to wonder about what if. Like they say "it's not worth to cry over spilled milk".
That can also be translated as living the here and now, in the present. Which if we really think about it doesn't even exist. Once you try to catch it it is gone. Maybe that is why it is so essential that we live it to the fullest, here an
d now. It only lasts within the time and space where/when you are fully aware of it.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the best is to live/enjoy/cease/grasp fully every minute, every millisecond of your life because before you notice it the moment is gone. And this goes for good and bad ones which many times is a comfort and other times a torment. And that is what makes it worth it, how it all balances itself in the end of the day.
The reason for all my blabbing about this is because I was wondering to myself if it would make any sense for me to publish in this blog my gastronomic attempts...and I have made the decision to also talk about it here, therefore this is the right choice!
Besides if I have made up my mind to enjoy and embrace whatever life gives me and what I bring onto it why not post my gastronomic attempts?
Since I've been back I have been missing, amongst other things the food, so I have been following some Indian recipes online and I must say that the result was not bad at all.
Today I tried Coconut chutney and Paneer Parata

Soorya Namaskar or  Sun exercise

"This exercise is called soorya namaskar because it is practiced in the early morning facing the sun. The sun is considered to be the deity for health and long life. In ancient days, this exercise was a daily routine in the daily spiritual practices. One should practice this at least twelve times by repeating twelve names of the Lord Sun. This exercise is a combined process of yoga asanas and breathing. It reduces abdominal fat, brings flexibility to the spine and limbs and increases the breathing capacity; it is easier to practice asanas after doing soorya namaskar.
Before students practice the more complicated and difficult postures, the spine should acquire some flexibility. For a stiff person, the sun exercise is a boon to bring back the lost flexibility.

There are twelve spinal positions, each stretching various ligaments and giving different movements to the vertebral column. The vertebral column is bend forward and backward alternately with deep breathing. Whenever the body is bend forward, the contraction of the abdomen and diaphragm throws out the breath. When the body bends backwards, the chest expands and deep breathing occurs automatically. This way, flexibility increases and breathing is corrected; moreover it mildly exercises the legs and arms, thus increasing the circulation."

in CIBY by Swami Vishnu-devananda

Well... I'm back!

My initial plan was to post  once in a while during my stay at the Sivananda Kutir Ashram during my TTC (short for Teacher's Training Course). But, as it often happens things don't go as planned. 
There was absolute no internet connection at the ashram, there was not even a land line.
When I think about it now I have to admit that it was a good thing and that it makes all the sense. Plus I'm not really sure where I would have find time to sit down at the computer since we were busy from 5 am to 10 pm.
I will try to share my experience in the next posts. 
But bare with me sometimes it might seem very dry...the truth is - and this is what our teacher told us just before the graduation ceremony- that you will only feel the effects of what you did here during this past month later on, maybe once you go out of the ashram, maybe next week, maybe next month maybe in 10 years...which is not a bad thing at all! 

photo by Aiko Yoshikawa

Having come back to this side of the world I do feel that this experience was/is much bigger than what I was able to grasp. And it is not that I feel a major change in my life, after all I have been practicing yoga for the last 10 years, but it is in the little things. Change, real structural change, always comes in small doses, and gently settles in you, gaining space within you and when you realize it is already there to stay.