Every year, around this time, the thread ceremony is performed. This year, I was in airports and planes on the two designated days.
Called my mom to tell her that work just trumped "Aaavaniavittam" and she told me to do it Sunday morning instead.
So this morning I got up (never slept thanks to Jet lag is more like it), changed the thread, chanted the Gayathri mantra a 1008 times.
Funny thing is that when you sit in the same spot for an hour and you still think you are 25 years old.. one forgets that the lower half of your body is numb from lack of blood flow.
Tried to stretch my legs and get up and just fell down in one swoop. It was like I had no legs.. took me some time to realize what had just happened. Eventually the circulation returned and wrapped things up. Don't know that this is telling me other than "you need to do this more often so that you can recover from sitting cross legged for an hour and a half, sooner"
Amma, this one is for you!
Given my mom is "worried" about my hair loss, this angle perfectly avoids the bald spot.. so going forward, going to make this the default angle!
Now why Irony? Well, as part of the thread changing ceremony we use rice and sesame seeds in water as an offering.
Given my allergy to sesame seeds, playing with that water is like playing with fire for me. Maybe there is a hidden lesson for me in that as well.
All said and done, there is a new thread and I look forward to explaining this to folks who ask about it over the next few weeks, from new yoga buddies to TSA agents!
While searching for previous links on the thread changing cermony, found this one.. someday the little one is giong to see what she puts her daddy through!
Another year.. still learning.. still searching for answers!
