4:50 am: Alarm goes off. Launch out of bed, shower, get dressed. Turn on kettle. Brush teeth while water boils. Make tea in thermos. Grab bag. Layer up. Walk from Söpa Chöling to Gampo Abbey. Roughly 25 minutes to read, write in journal, maybe have a first cup of tea.
I'm so glad you voice-overed this piece! You did such a good job illustrating with your pacing the moments of rush and bustle butting right up against the moments of stillness and reflection. And the tension between those two states and the perfection and necessary-ness of both. Also as a not-part-of-an-organized-religion person it's intriguing to get a little peek into what actually happens at a religious or spiritual retreat.
Also, I have not done it myself, but your description of a day made me think of a Nordic spa, stepping into the sauna and getting hot and and relaxed and light-headed then walking outside and plunging into the near-freezing ocean for as long as you can stand it then climbing out fast and right back into the sauna....over and over and over....
I'm so glad you voice-overed this piece! You did such a good job illustrating with your pacing the moments of rush and bustle butting right up against the moments of stillness and reflection. And the tension between those two states and the perfection and necessary-ness of both. Also as a not-part-of-an-organized-religion person it's intriguing to get a little peek into what actually happens at a religious or spiritual retreat.
Also, I have not done it myself, but your description of a day made me think of a Nordic spa, stepping into the sauna and getting hot and and relaxed and light-headed then walking outside and plunging into the near-freezing ocean for as long as you can stand it then climbing out fast and right back into the sauna....over and over and over....