Gauranga Pran, my assistant from Pune, and I took to the ambient trails of the Eco Village complex and timed ourselves to meet my target for an 8 AM appointment at the Ayurveda clinic. The procedure for today was the next step in detoxification. Traditionally, the single procedure is called internal snehana, or as they say in the south of India, snehapanam, where the patient consumes pure ghee.
So, that’s what I did, and I was to make my next visit the following day for a larger dose. For the bulk of the day, I fasted except for sipping periodically hot water to aid in the ghee digestion. I broke that fast with a modest amount of kanji, boiled rice water. My next meal, a little more substantial, was at 7 PM, or thereabouts, a mild kichari of rice and mung dahl, no spices. For sure, I’m not living like a king at the moment.
I was restricted from any major activity. The directive on this reads, “Do not indulge in any heavy physical activities.” No problem. The only point of a mild case of exertion was when Gauranga Pran and I strolled to the mandap (gazebo) at Prem Sarovar where the swans hang out. I took to kirtan, picked up a drum, and then illustrated simple dance moves to a group of yogis from the Jivamukti society. These folks are western-bodied, young, intelligent. They have spent time at the Village for some weeks now. Part of their training is with kirtan sessions, so, we engaged in chanting and dancing in a bhakti blast you can say. These wonderful people, mostly from Europe and the U.S. (one person in the bunch was from Canada), were just heart warming to be with.
That was my therapy for the day.
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