acceptance into rimyi

walking into the ramamani iyengar memorial institute had my heart pounding, walking down a street with gigantic huge trees, birds singin cool tunes, car exhaust, hopping across streets playing frogger. then, i see the sign....ramamani memorial institute! past the security guard, beautiful carvings on the wall of bks iyengar, shoes outside, shrines. i kept thinking "i cant believe i am here! " Nervous because i hope to get into classes upstairs, i really need yoga, so tight from traveling,need a routine. found pandu, the famous to me secretary, we shook hands,smiled. he asked me how long have i been doing yoga, isaid 8 plus years, showed him my paperwork from elizabeth as verification. (thank u to elizabeth), also said that i am friends with dean lerner whom i am meeting in pune. pandu wrote out my daily yoga schedule on a small paper... i'm in! lots of paperwork, good thing i brought an extra passport photo...100 dollars for a month of 6 days a week classes. then, another secretary told me from my emails to the center that i was not supposed to be able to take classes until august. when i emailed from the states, they said i couldnt come till august...i put on ,y nice face and said i couldnt come in august and pandu said ok, the other secretary showed me the old emails and i was scared he would not let me in...then he said ok! phew, close call!!! my class starts today, it is hot hot here, have to wear a t shirt which i am not used to. muscles like vise grips right now, excited for class. sunday is my only day off. i still plan to go to maher, its true, a month is not long in india.
ambience hotel rules. they laugh at me cause i put extra hot paste on all my food which americans must not usually do. food is super yummy, veggies and good spices. saw a mom feeding her baby a bottle while ridin the back of a motorcycle in insaine traffic, no hemets anywhere.quit drinking coffee withdraws. made a clothing line in bathroom, had to wash mumbai off.
good day, it will be scary and a thrill to sit before class starts today. aaron fleming, a certified iyengar teacher told me india is a ver scary, very amazing place, very true.
i cant publish photos till i get back cause this tablet is too flashy and my camera wont plug into it. speaking of flashy, i definatel have to cover up here, a shawl at all times. cant wear my hair down, i tried it and walked about a block and the stares were a sign, i stii have a faint touch of blonde at the ends, woman tie their hair back here, i need t blend in,not many americans, i think i have seen 3 besides me. this is more of a journal so i hope i dont bore you with my long writing,good thing to do as i  need lots of rest in between the wild whirl of india!