July 6, 2011
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| Local lady waiting for her cows to walk up the valley. |
9:00am: Three cups of tea down and it’s only 9am. This morning there was no Yoga because we had a monsoon downpour. We ate and now I am drinking tea as I journal. It’s a clinic day so we will be heading upstairs to see patients. I’m late and need to get going!
9:15pm: Today was another good day. Clinic this morning was pretty uneventful. Our doctor does a good job of using both allopathic and aruvedic practices. It reminds me of doctors in the US prescring cranberry juice for a UI while also giving antibiotics. His clinic isn’t like a witchdoctor shop. We take turns taking blood pressures and checking the lungs. The MIII girls (3rd year medical students) gave a girl an enima as well. Maybe T.M.I (too much info) haha.
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| Aki "the Yoga Master" helping me REALLY stretch out those pesky back and leg muscles. |
Tonights Yoga session was pretty funny. Now that everyone knows each other the mood stays light as I groan in agony as the Yoga instructor pushes on me to bend more. It slightly helps, but my muscles are like a tawt bow about to SNAP! The instructor is only 20 so he’s really fun to joke around with. He also likes when we take lots of pictures of him in his poses. He also likes when we hold him in the air as he does poses. It looks more professional. The two best quotes of the night that he said are 1) “Alex, you are like a stone.” (Referencing my outstanding flexibility. 2) “Alex, if you bend your knees I will kill you.”
I’m sitting out in the cool mountain air, it’s dark outside, and the girls are teaching Akki (Yoga instructor) how to play cribbage. Last night we played Uno.
Words of the day: swadisht: delicious, Nilla: blue, Pilla: yellow, Sahi: Right, Hara: green
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