Settling in - sort of!

followyourfeet — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 01:04:00 GMT

So after eventually leaving my hostel room...I instantly meet a guy who was on a yoga course which I managed to tag along to and get accepted on 😊. Is Ashtanga yoga which I have done previously in London. It's hard yoga bit with hard will come rewarding and the deeper journey into self. Its hard to decide which yoga to fully train in. The are so many. I enjoy Ashtanga but I'm not keen to go to Mysore and join millions of others. I would like a more personalised journey into the depths of yoga. But that seems hard to find these days when everything has become so commercialised. Obviously there is not enough Spiritual Masters / Gurus to go round 1-2-1 with people but surely there is a happy balance.

Finding the right yoga and my Spiritual Master feels like the age old saying....finding a needle in a haystack!! Maybe Mysore is the way to go....although I would like to do something that also involves Ayurveda as I am keen to understand the ancient healing and wellbeing methods. I am currently having Ayurveda treatment. I have had 5 days of Dhara...Having what feels like 50 litres of oil poured over the tip of my head whilst I twitch my way to sleep. It's amazingly therapeutic and I do come out feeling refreshed and everything just looks that little brighter. Tomorrow I am having hot rice and herb packs put all over me - I think it's called chitta! Looking forward to the results.

Hard Landing - ouch!!

followyourfeet — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:02:00 GMT

So after months of banging on about going to India to follow my feet I am finally here - and totally panic stricken!! Can't actually bring myself to leave the hostel room!! Which is so silly. There has been lots of tears and wondering "what on earth do I think I am doing?!" "Get back on a flight Georgina and go somewhere safe!!". Not helped by my encounter over the past couple of days and ego bashing! But I don't want to think about that. I now just need to get myself together for travelling in India - well initially to at least leave my hostel room would be good as I am starving and thirsty - I haven't consumed anything (apart from smints!) In about 18 hours!

I am presuming that I am not alone feeling like this as a female solo traveller come to "find myself" or really just relax and rejuvenate after quitting a well paid job in the City of London and setting out alone to take on the world! Or maybe I am, genuinely people don't do stupid things like this do they?!?

Anyway I need to leave my room or do I....haha! I obviously do just really need to dig deep for the courage (pretty pathetic but hey ho!). Wish me luck.........

Solo South India *gulp*

Settling in - sort of!

Hard Landing - ouch!!

Solo South India gulp