All nighter..

Stayed up all night packing and finishing up all pending items that needed to be attended to for the next 3 months. I feel at peace knowing I did as much as I could and that from this point on the journey is all about self exploration.

I leave for Chicago in a few hours with a layover there and then a direct flight to New Delhi. I will land in India on Oct 31st 08:45pm and then on the morning of Nov 1st take the train to Haridwar followed by the bus to Rishikesh. It will not be until late afternoon or early evening of Nov 1st that reach I my first destination .

I will be staying at Parmarath Niketan Ashram http://www.parmarth.com/home.html where I will be under going Kundalini Yoga training with Gurmukh from Goldebridge yoga http://www.goldenbridgeyoga.com/. This training is intensive and my daily schedule will be quite disciplined with an early rising routine every morning. A typical day will look like:

4:00AM – 6:00AM MORNING SADHANA (Meditation)
6:00AM – 7:00AM TEA BREAK
7:00AM – 8:00AM YOGA
8:30AM -12:30PM CLASS TIME
12:30 PM – 1:30PM LUNCH
1:30PM – 5:00PM CLASS TIME
5:00PM – 5:30PM TEA TIME
5:30PM – 7:30PM MEDITATION
7:30PM -8:00 PM DINNER
9:00 PM LIGHTS OUT


I am thrilled at the thought of waking up early in the morning while majority of the people are still sleeping. I will be able to observe the silence and meditate with a deep sense of peace. I can already imagine the crisp air in the mountains and the early morning wind. I see myself seated in sukh asana (legs folded in front of me) covered in a woolen shawl fighting the first day to stay alert and awake. I am ready to begin this journey of discipline and rigor…

To read more about Rishikesh go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishikesh.

Jasmine