Teaching in Malaysia- at Sri Hartamas -Sunday, November 15, 2009

You can set your watch by it. Every morning is beautiful and sunny, every afternoon it drops buckets. That means the air is clean, the trees are green, and the jungle is flourishing. This city feels like it is growing out of the jungle, or rather is still part of the jungle.....they live in harmony, but if there were a struggle, the jungle would win ;-) There are monkeys in my apartment complex...lots of monkeys. I have spent 3 weeks guest teaching and enjoying the beauty of the city, the studios, and the people. A beautiful mix of Malay, Indian, and Chinese cultures make up this young country (formed in 1963) and the food is amazing....I already have a favorite Vietnamese, Thai, Malay, Indian, and Japanese restaurant...and they are all on the same block!

(Desa Sri Hartamas, feel free to drop by ;-) ) I have been practicing the Ashtanga Primary series, and some sequences of my own, mostly beside the swimming pool, and it has been fantastic....teaching has also been great, the students are enthusiastic and many speak Chinese, and seem to have appreciated my efforts to get them to sho jin fubu (tighten the stomach Uddiyana Bandha) which of course is so important in many postures...although maybe they are smiling/laughing because I am constantly motivating (harassing) them during class......wonder if it will rain tomorrow?!