Day 2 - Oct 15, 2017

It is my ZuZuB's (it's what I call him and he knows how I say it:)) Birthday today. He was OK with me missing it to come for my TTC. Yes, he's wonderful and I'm blessed to have him in my life. My friend Monica and Sheila, on finding that my I wont be around for Arpit's birthday this time, invited him to celebrate with him. Monica made parathas which he loves, Sheila brought the cake. My friend Shalu, also asked me about his favorite cake and celebrated his birthday at thier home with other friends and Diwali party. So sweet and thoughful of all of them.
Krisha's love for dogs. She's holding Sheila's dog - Emma here.

 Kids celebrating at home. Ariv put this all together.

At Monica's place.
Cake cutting at Shalu's

Birthday boy with chocolate on his face.

Ariv's decorations. We had planned it together.

My Laddoos.

My sweetie pie with more sweet things:)

I woke up at 5:45 a.m. today by the bell of the person outside - they come here each morning, doing the rounds, ringing a bell we use for Pooja, to wake everyone up. The first one is at 5:30, the second one is at 5:45, so people can wake up and go for the morning Satsang. I got ready in a rush and made it to Satsang at 6:01 a.m. Satsang is a beautiful time for meditation, chanting and prayer. A wonderful way to start our day.

Thoughts I took away today:
Love. Meditate.
Sthira, Sukham, Asanam; Steady, Happy, Asana. Always do Asana with a steady mind, balance and a smile (happy). If you're cringing while doing it, you are not doing it right. In fact, don't "do" the Asana, "be" the Asana, meaning experience the Asana.

There's a Guru in you, The Guru is you.
Our bodies are conduits to help us get through this world, they are instruments. Our soul is eternal.
I am bliss, I am bliss, bliss I am.

We also got initiated in a ceremony where we got our course material and clothes. A glimpse of it is here:
The inititation ceremony. Reminded me of the Ghungroo receiving from Dadaji. I'm receiving uniform from Swami Jnaneshwarinanda

Swami Jnaneshwari - blessing me for the Yoga Teacher Training course 

Receiving my course uniform and study material

Me in my room in my uniform - Guru Bhrama

Guru Vishnu

A person came to sing for the evening satsang - Steve Fiske something. I was bored and tired because he started at 9 p.m. and went on till 10:30 p.m. To me, it was just rambling. But all of the people at the Ashram respect him a lot. He has also spent some days very close to Swami Vishnudevananda. Swamiji would call him to sing to him in his personal room. As he sang, Swamiji would lay on his bed with eyes closed going deeper and deeper. Because we ended late today, Swami Sita said we have report to Krishna temple tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. (not 6 a.m.).



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