incense, navasana, feeding times

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Thanks to padmanow, dirk_drolli, and yasar3 for

your posts!<br><br>I had known about the "don't eat

for three hours before" thing, but not about how long

afterwards I should go without. Often I do yoga at someone

else's house, and since it takes me time to walk home

and throw some lunch together, it's usually not an

issue. So I didn't think about it when I got up off the

mat and immediately pulled some hummus out of the

fridge! You made very good points about temperature shock

and refrigerated food, and I'll keep these in mind as

well.<br><br>The Shoyeido tip is a good one, and come to think of

it I had heard them recommended before on a veganism

board (yes, I'm one of those). Right now I'm in France

and I can't afford the extra shipping costs from

Boulder, so I will probably wait two and a half months

until I am back in North America before ordering.<br>I

hadn't really been giving thought to burning incense

_during_ my asanas, as I had the sense that that would be

very hard on my lungs and throat! But I am interested

to know the spiritual significance of burning

incense. Is it a purification thing (primitive air

freshener), a symbolism (smoke rises up with prayers), or

something else I haven't imagined?<br><br>As for navasana,

I guess the answer was what I figured it would be:

keep practicing! <br><br>Namaste,<br>bodysings