We made it to the yoga festival in Rishikesh.
The drive from Delhi on Friday was easy enough… beginning at 7:30am (our driver said 6:30am would be best…. But he had a habit of arriving a little late).
He only needed to ask directions a few times (GPS’s aren’t as common here as in the States). At the end we needed to drive up one side of a mountain winding path and down the other side. Had it been dark and rainy it would have probably convinced us not to go , but it was just raining. We planned to arrive the day before registration for the festival…. Arriving with 700+ participants sounded like a line we didn’t want to be on. That was a good choice.
Rishikesh is on the Ganges River as is Varanasi…. The water Is much cleaner at this point. To walk down the path of shops you have to pass a multitude of Holy (?) Sadu’s all asking for money, cows, motorcycles, bikes, and a variety of other local colors.
The two ATM machines we’ve found are both out of money or broken… and few shops take credit cards so we don’t expect to spend much money for a while.
In the first morning (which began at 4am) we’ve already taken and Osho-Style Dynamic Meditation (the word “meditation” gives the wrong picture of this style)…
A Somatic/Feldenkrais movement work shop (I always wondered what that was)…. And workshops with a number of “named” yogi’s.
During one session when we were to keep our eyes closed… I had a feeling I should peek for a moment and watched a monkey come between Annie and me to grab a banana from my vest pocket.
Annie wanted to see the big inauguration ceremony with all the saints and teachers… I decided to look for internet.
After lunch Annie will take a soul song workshop and I’ll go for Astrology.
We’ve met folks from all over the world… everyone we bump into is friendly.
I’ve been holding back and haven’t taken one out yet (we’ll, I used an unblown one to fix my watch band).
If I find Internet connect I’ll post this…. And maybe get some photos up soon?
found it…