Tuesday the first of March.

With an empty stomach to meditation class. Today it is chakra cleansing. Listening to a CD I had to place my hands on the chakras, going up slwoly and slowly breathing.

After that lying down for about 10 minutes with very slow breathing. Then I understood why you have to do this meditation on an empty stomach. I heard bubbling and all kind of noises coming from my stomach and throat, so probably I did it the right way, cleaning your body.

With my hands on the first chakra I almost forgot to inhale, so I was getting very dizzy, but then I got the hang of it.

After this meditation to Perky Beans roof terrace for breakfast, another day full of sunshine, clear sky. Reading a bit and at 14.00 I was back at the Om Family for a shiatsu massage.

Anita, the girl with the magic hands, was not there, so I sat down with Sagar talking for a long time. He told me the story of Buddha and the five rice corns. A nice story. He gave me a book The life of Buddha, telling the complete story how Prince Sidhartha became Buddha in cartoon. It is easy to read and great to look at the drawings.

For one hour I went back to my room and then it was time for the massage.

The first thing Anita asked me was if I had put some meat on my bones. Duuhhhh, I can I do that in just 2 days? So, she was very gentle this time with not too much pressure.

After a full hour I felt like flying back to my room, walking with light feet.

Quickly I had to wash my hair, because it was dripping from the herbal oil she used. Then I popped in for a coffee at H.E. They were allready a bit worried if I was still sick, because they did not see me all day. How sweet.

At 19.00 the second way of meditation. Breathing in and humming out. For me a bit difficult, my throat was not clear. After 15 minutes I just had to lay back, in the complete darkness with Sagar softly speaking. Again my whole body was prickling from energy.

And then I treated myself on a diner by candlelight at Tea Time. For once a non-rice dinner with a glass of red wine. I smashed a whole 5 Euro on this dinner. All the other evenings I had Dahl Bath, or with the children, or at H.E., but now I thought I could risk it to eat meat today, with still 2 days in Pokhara before I have to travel with bus for a 6 hours drive. If something goes wrong again with my stomach, I have time to recover before travelling.

Enjoying my dinner with Acid Jazz music on the background, thinking of the times I was in Tea Time with Rense/Gurash and Voula and family, sweet memories. But not feeling alone or lonely at all.

On my way back I checked my email at the Internet, because last night I could not get connected in my room. I waited till the electricity came on at 23.00, but it was not working. The hotel was going to check it out, but I don't really want to have to stay awake late only for the Internet.

But, I am lucky. Already at 21.00 when I got back to my room, we have electricity and the connection is fixed, so I can now update from yesterday (see below) and today.

It's been another beautiful day with a full programm, so I am now going to post this, read a little and then have a good sleep.

Wishing you all a Suba Rathri (sweet dreams) and you hear from me soon again.

Just two more days in Pokhara and then I will be on the road back to Kathmandu again. Even though this time it was a short visit, it already has given me back my energy, my smile and even a nice suntan!

Love you all,

Sanghita