Email Service Notes 14th December (Jesse)

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The Yoga retreat place – Ulpotha Sri lanka
About 7 years ago , I joined my first teacher ‘s yoga retreat at Ulpotha in Sri Lanka .
This place where no electric ,no wifi, of course no TV and refrigerator but the Monkeys are more than humans . The Hut that we stay has now windows which made by Mud .
Every morning I could heard birds chirping , monkeys calling each other, village whispering . In the evening Village lighted up all Lanterns and stars full of sky. The fireflies appears everywhere . During Lunch and dinner , we all set together as a circle . We were chatting and laughing and chanting the mantras or songs . In that moments no one looked at their phone .
After this great experience ,I really want to share this place to my students , So I took groups from Taiwan and China but Not everybody would appreciate the Natural of beauty . In few groups , There were some trouble makers because who been living in the city too long couldn’t handle some situations ,for example :some of them have to eat meat every day , don’t know how to wash their underwear in their life ( ayi wash for them ) , afraid of the bugs .no hairdryer , no hot water .one free massage is not enough , etc.

I think it is difficult to discriminate what is enjoy life or being materialistic and see how our mind trapped our self .

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The Yoga retreat place – Ulpotha Sri lanka
About 7 years ago , I joined my first teacher ‘s yoga retreat at Ulpotha in Sri Lanka .
This place, where there is no electricity ,no wifi, of course no TV or refrigerator and there are more monkeys than humans. The hut that we stayed in had windows made of / from mud .
Every morning I could hear birds chirping , monkeys calling to each other, villagers whispering . In the evening the village was lit up with lanterns and a sky full of stars (this is a great Coldplay song!). and there were fireflies everywhere . During Lunch and dinner , we all sat together in a circle . We were chatting and laughing and chanting the mantras or songs . At that time / during that time no one looked at their phones.
After this great experience ,I really wanted to share this place with my students , So I took groups from Taiwan and China but not everybody could appreciate the natural beauty . In a few of the groups , There were some trouble makers because those who have been living in the city too long couldn’t handle some situations. For example :some of them have to eat meat every day, and some don’t know how to wash their underwear ( their ayi washes them for them ) , some are afraid of bugs . There are no hairdryers , no hot water, one free massage is not enough , etc.

I think it is difficult to discriminate what is enjoy life or being materialistic and see how our mind trapped our self . <— let’s review this next class