Laughter Yoga & Nostril Cleaning

Our meditation announced at 5am we’d be trying laughter yoga. I was skeptical at first but it ended up being a brilliant experience. It was a bit difficult to muster the laughs at first, but they quickly flowed and the atmosphere was happy and free. The session concluded with “You don’t need a reason to laugh or be happy it’s always there”.

In pranayama we then learned the proper yogic way to clean nostrils “jai netti” (see video). I found it difficult at first not letting the warm salt water run down my throat, but after a few attempts managed. My nostrils were squeaky clean afterwards!!

We felt definite progress in Ashtanga, notoriously our most physically demanding class, and enjoyed a stroll to the book shop at lunch, then interesting afternoon classes. We started covering Yoga therapy which was a lovely and interesting surprise.

Ended the day with nice video calls and another English lesson.

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