On Thursday we’ll be taking off from our month in Mysore….
Today, Friday, I was scheduled to perform a school show. From our first week here this show was talked about so I set aside a pile of balloons that was “forbidden” for me to touch while here. This past week has been tough for me because I’ve been running short of balloons. Each day when I’d walk to the gym and to our past life regression classes I had to avoid the direct way of walking because I’d pass the rickshaw drivers and kids who got use to me making balloons each time I’d see them.
However last evening I got word that the school realized they couldn’t afford the fee I thought they had agreed to. I would have liked to have had the opportunity of doing a show here…. but I was happy to have this “new supply” of balloons. Yesterday evening our apartment building had a little party for the tenants… so I was free to do balloons. The Chinese, Israeli, Welsh, and Swiss tenants were all fun to play with (especially the Chinese ones who didn’t speak English). Of course, they’re all here for yoga.
This morning I walked to the gym… going the more direct way and making balloons for the rickshaw drivers and a few kids along the way. After my workout at the gym, my trainer introduced me to his wife…. I took out some balloons and suddenly all the trainers, the manager, and the cleaning crew gathered as I went to “work”. I loved the image of these muscular, body-builder trainers getting frustrated trying to inflate the balloons as I was doing 2 or 3 at a time.
After our class tonight we stopped by the yoga shala. The entrance “guard” there usually has a sour facial expression. Over the past weeks I’ve gotten him to smile. Annie asked if he did yoga… he said (in his broken English) “no”. I told him he should tell people that he’s so good at yoga, the administration has forbade him form doing yoga in fear that he’ll intimidate the teachers and paying students. As i was saying this I “ballooned” a couple people with him and I might even have gotten a laugh from him.
I stopped by another rickshaw driver spot and had another balloon adventure.
No photos… I’m too busy having fun.
However I did edit the videos I shot of Annie at the elephant camp from a few days ago. Here’s a 4- minute version: