like a kid in a candy shop

I love rishikesh. I was really worried that it would be too built up in my mind, that the picture of a spiritual disneyland couldn't possibly proove true. but it has and its brilliant. each day Rob and I say what ride should we cue up for next? a yoga class? an ashram? a meditation course? some reiki? deeksha? or maybe a lecture on vedic philosophy? its all here and cheap and gorgeous.

Today I woke up and met caitlin and julie and rob for a yoga class followed by an ayurvedic breakfast. We shared a cup of tea with this nymph named Colton who told us about an ayurverdic doctor that we promptly made appointments to go see on Monday. Then Rob and I took a jeep out to visit an ashram where we will stay from the 9th of March to the 15th for certfication in yoga and all this silent meditation stuff that sounds absolutely keen.

I would also like to announce that I am at the end of day 5 of my affair with veganism. I am not trying to be a strict vegan but my body has been sending me anti dairy and egg vibes for awhile now and I finally feel capable of listinening to what my body wants/doesn't want and it feels great. I thought it would be much harder to give up cheese and ice cream and milk and such...let's stop talking about them, maybe its not so easy....dang it. But anyways it feels great and it provides me with hope for not walking out of India the inevitable fatty that everyone leaves India as...

Yesterday I swam in a waterfall that flows into the holiest river in india and sat around a campfire cooking lunch with a group of singing gypsies.

Tomorrow I think maybe another walk and a swim, perhaps a meditation course. Life is good here in rishikesh and I'm soaking it all in.