Cockroaches and relaxation

I realized today that my life in the ashram, although extremely structured with little down time provides me with more downtime than I had in my regular daily life. Someone cooks for me, cleans my bathroom, wakes me up, schedules all my meetings, makes me take relaxation breaks, and prioritzes time for healthy practces. And I don't have to drive. Not driving is so wonderful. All that stress from moving that machine is gone. No more errands. Even though I'm not laying around on the beach all day, this is probably one of the more relaxing trips I've been on because I don't have to think about anything but what I'm learning. Well, except for one things.

There are several extra roommates in our dorm. They have six legs and long antennae and cause five women to screech and freak out. Not cool. It's not so bad I guess. They actually look like nice clean bugs unlike the filthy ones you see in New York. They will probably get reincarnated as butterflies, That said, the dorm gets super cleaned tomorrow.

Good thing we had our relaxation pose lesson today, otherwise it could have been alot worse. I'm learning alot about the basics and why wee learn the basics. I'm trying to keep as quiet as possible, which for me is still pretty chatty and outgoing. I had to bite my tounge when someone asked about the more esoteric practices and why they can be dangerous, Because you can blow your mind and have a psychotic break if you do all that kundalini stuff without proper supervision. 

Speaking of blowing, I am sitting here with ice on my knee. It will be fine and I have permission to do my meditation in a chair, but it's very disappointing as I've been working on builing up endurance to sit for meditation in the auspicious pose.

Om, babies.