Yoga Camp

Daily schedule (Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri/Sun):
5:30 or 6:15am: morning reveille either a roosters,dogs or cows
7:00-8:45ish am: morning yoga practice
9 to 10ish am: eat from gourmet buffet (fresh pineapple/papaya/yogurt/rolls)
10-1*pm: chat about how to barter at the market/lay by pool (very important)
1-2pm: eat again (vegetarian delights sometimes vegan)
2-4:30 pm: continue chatting and laying by the pool
4:30-5:50 pm: afternoon discussions/practice (meaning of ashtanga yoga/ayurvedic medicine/breath work/chanting), pracitice to music
6:oo pm: eat again (same as lunch)
6:45-9:00 pm: chat, play games, laugh, and try to figure out how the day was so busy but not really
*10-1pm is also used for cooking classes, ayurvedic medicine lecture, or reading

Wed afternoons:
visit local market/Anjuna beach

Friday night/Saturday:
Free play NO practice!!!!



We are living in paradise here at the Purple Valley Yoga Center. We are about 15 minutes east of a town in Goa called Anjuna (which means the beach is now 15 minutes away). We are sharing a room in the Ganesh House, we have a bar that we pretend is a walk in closet with all of our things hanging from it, our beds are shrouded in wonderful white mosquito nets and now our biggest decision everyday is weather to sit by the pool or a hammock. It is absolutely rediculous how spoiled we are here. The yoga is hard but the instructors(a Canadian couple) are wonderful. They seem to know just how much to push and when to push. Plus they are really approachable, so even though they spend most of their year studying yoga/breathing/chanting and are trying to reach some sort of enlightened state they are exceptionally down to earth and real.

We are meeting more people from all over and everyone is at a different level. We have been hanging out with this guy Mace, who is sort of like the bag that Marry Poppins carries. You never know what he is going to pull out of the bag or what he is going to say. He seems to know all sorts of things, and one minute he is telling us about his life when he was a dancer, the next he is telling us about how he was into the hardcore party drug sceen in Australia and then he is telling us how he was a Harri Krishna. Only an Australian can be telling you a story about an intense metaphysical experience and use the terms "full on", and "rocked up". We have had several good laughs with him. We have also been hanging out with some really cool/fun women from Austraila to Egypt. And we have gotten to see some amazing yoga practice and poses.

Once again I have loads to say about the fresh cooked food. Each meal is buffet style and it is a genuine feast. The cooks are incredible and it seems as if each day they try to do better than the day before. We have feasted on veggie Korean pancakes, pasta with avacado and coconut cream sauce, savory curries and spicy dal (lentils) prepared all sorts of ways. Occasionally there is a dessert, spice vegan ice cream,apple crisp, yummy pudding. There is an endless supply of tea and coffee.

Plus if we are feeling tired or sore from yoga there is an ayurvedic hut where we can get massages or a consultation with an ayurvedic doctor to determine if our "constitution" is imbalanced

We continue to laugh ourselves silly on a regular basis!!

Love to you all!!