The Hot Season Has Arrived

 

Shiva's Shade

The lovely lady that gives me ayurvedic massage put it like this: 

"Sivaratri (Feb15th) comes, cold is closed.  Now hot is here.  Hot is coming still March, April, May.   Then June, Mysore is crying (monsoon).  Mysore cries June, July, August."  

I almost wish I could be here to see it cry, because it is really really hot right now.  I know it could be hotter.  Today it is floating around 34 degrees (93.2f), tomorrow forecast for 35, but I would swear it feels like more.  My shirt is stuck to my back and every night this week I have tossed and turned praying for the coolness of dreams to overtake me.  We have ceiling fans to move the stillness but due to the on-again off-again power it's mostly not really happening.  I fall asleep when the power turns on my fan, awakening half an hour later when the heat is pressing down on me again.  Fortunately Sharath told us a few weeks ago at conference that sleep is overrated.  According to Sharath we all tend to oversleep and with more yoga we will find we need less.  He himself sleeps only from 9pm until 1am when he rises for practice.  He takes a nap for one hour in the afternoon, which he also recommends.   Count it up....he sleeps only five hours of every 24.  Why should I complain?  I must be a lazy spoiled American - I go to bed at 8 and rise at a luxuriant 2am.

I have never been so appreciative of the pre-dawn practice!  

(And of that cooling coconut oil massage!)

Vivian with Sunanda and Ana, Rooftop Massage Specialists

Vivian