First practice in Idaho, practice space, the trash can of conditioned existence

Did my first practice in my new apartment here in Idaho this morning. I did full primary to Sharath's led primary CD. When I first woke up, I was feeling rather anxious about the many things that need to be done and seen to in my new place and role, but I felt so much better after practice. As I came out of savasana, I felt both very grounded and very powerful at the same time. Or, as Grimmly puts it in a recent post, I felt "outward facing as if I could take on the world at the same time." There's also something about hearing Sharath's familiar voice over my computer ("Janu Sirsasana ye-A, Supta inhale...") that was very comforting and reassuring at the same time. It felt like he was saying, "Just follow the vinyasa count, trust the practice, and everything will be okay." That I find Sharath's voice and instructions to be very familiar and reassuring is actually pretty funny, if you think about it, considering that I've never even met him. I wonder how it would be like when I finally meet him.

Anyway, I thought you might also be interested in seeing my practice space. When I first stepped into my apartment yesterday, I was very pleasantly surprised to see that the kitchen and dining area actually had hardwood floors. A very pleasant change from the totally-carpeted apartments I have been living in till now. When I saw this, I decided immediately that I'm going to make the dining area my practice space. It also helps, of course, that I don't have a dining table to take up the space with. This is how my practice space looks like:

It might not look like anything special, but I can't tell you how happy I am to be able to practice on a hardwood floor after all these years of dealing with squishy carpets. Oh, and you may also notice the trashcan in the corner. Definitely not a regular shala fixture :-) Well, may the practice be the spiritual trashcan that disposes of all my poisons (samsara halahala). Om...

I'm going to have to keep this post short and sign off here, as I have some exploring of Pocatello to go do. More later.

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