Rain, Rain Go Away!
Our rain here in the San Francisco Bay Area is nothing compared to a really rainy day in places like Bangalore, a city near Mysore, India, the location of Pattabhis Jois’ yoga shala.
When it rains in the tropics, it really rains.
Mysore Highway, October 2005
Our friend, Bala, a student at Yoga is Youthfulness in the San Francisco Bay Area, sent us these photos of the heaviest rain in decades (PowerPoint presentation) taken in October 2005, which includes a few photos from Mysore. It rained 9 inches in one day. Thank you, Bala.
(If you don’t have PowerPoint, you can view these photos with a PowerPoint viewer. It’s free.)
The AshtangaNews official recommendation regarding rain is: Teva-style sandals are better than flip flops, which can fall off your feet and float away or get stuck in mud.
Teva sandal
Flip flop
It became cold and cloudy! Mood very bad :(...
ctl said,
March 20, 2006 @ 12:15 pm
Even Tevas may not be enough if the water’s really flowing hard. When I went river rafting on the Colorado River, the guides would duct tape the velco straps so that they wouldn’t come undone.