Feb 24 (Day 22): WORDS OF WISDOM: “Be kind whenever possible. It’s always possible.” — Dalai Lama GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I am having Vata issues right now…Big ones. Dr. Sankar explained that Vata (the air and space dosha) manages both the pitta and kapha doshas (fire and earth) in the human body. The vata acts almost like…
Feb 23 (Day 21) WORDS OF WISDOM: “Walk towards the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.” — Mary Engelbreit GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: Day 21: Today marks the first day of my last week here at Kalari Rasayana. I don’t know whether I’m relieved or sad…Maybe it’s a little bit of both. I’ll confess, I…
Feb 22 (Day 20) GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I heard from Emil today; that was fun. He got home yesterday morning and told me his very first dinner was filet mignon with a lovely glass of red wine. I literally laughed out loud — I love Emil! Hearing from him so quickly was such a great surprise, and…
Feb 21 (Day 19) GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I’m learning to accept the things I can’t control, like my weight. I’m starting to feel stronger and calmer — just better overall. I’m less worried about my health…or weight…or politics. I’m less worried about everything. The only thing that is really still a bit of an issue is…
Feb 20 (Day 18): WORDS OF WISDOM: “Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’.” — Eckhart Tolle GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I am so grateful that patients are allowed to have conversations in the reception salon of the resort. I have met the coolest people in the last few days. I met yet…
Feb 19 (Day 17): GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: Ever since the morning after the cleansing day, I have felt like a completely new person: happier, healthier, stronger and much more calm. Everything negative just sort of evaporated overnight. I’d heard stories about the tiny miracles that happen here…I’m so grateful they were true. The best way I…
Feb 18 (Day 16): WORDS OF WISDOM: “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” — C.S. Lewis GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: Woke up this morning feeling like a new person. I’m so relieved that the hard part is behind me. From now…
Feb 17 (Day 15): GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: There was the sweetest, silent ritual the other day; it was for the birthday of one of the patients. The man was in the dining room along with all the rest of us when a silent procession of about 20 members of the staff filed into the room…and over to…
Feb 16 (Day 14): GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I met a lovely German couple at the cooking demonstration yesterday. Dirk, the husband, has gorgeous, wavy hair the color of snow and piercing, blue eyes that you could get lost in. His wife, Angela, is blond, slender and sexy in a real “California Natural” kind of way. I…
Feb 15 (Day 13): GENERAL IMPRESSIONS: I have been having a maddeningly hard, heavy heartbeat for three days now. The doctor has been watching me very closely because of my heart issues, and I know I’m in good hands, but when your heart beats this hard for three full days, it makes you a nervous…
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