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Hi

 

Sy, Thanks for all your comments and feedback to my email. I do have

a yoga book which describes different types of yoga, so I am really

getting into that. Another thing I did not prefer in Iyengar is the

fact one has to jump from one position into another. I had a video

and felt to do this type of yoga, it is best to have a trainer

because you could easily hurt your self unknowingly with all these

jumps!

 

Yes, there is a problem with protien for us veggies (or partial

ones). Honestly, though I attribute that to the western myth (maybe

universal now) that meat gives more protien and the correct protien

which is necessary. If this is true, then I don't understand how so

many centuries of Indians have been pure vegetarians, even not eating

eggs or onions or garlic, and not falling deatly ill.

 

I feel part of this is we are bought up to think meat is the only

good source of protien, and eating it, we find is easier than finding

combinations of veggies and other non-meat foods which can also

provide protien. I have been having this problem since I left India.

Indian vegetarian food is so healthy and balanced, but western

vegetarian food is different. I think the main reason is we rely too

much on prepackaged foods. That makes life easier, but may not be so

healthy, since our prepackaged foods are mostly oriented to a meat

diet.

 

Then the other day my sister made an interesting observation, that me

being a vegetarian, I must cook more than she does since I can't eat

so many prepackaged and frozen foods. It is true, but it doesn't

bother me. I wish I could cook south Indian meals daily, but for

one, it is not practical.

 

Oh, well on to other things. Hey has any one heard from Bill? He has

n't been around lately and he usually used to contribute a lot!

 

I had another question Sy, in Australia are their a lot of Hindus and

do people consider 'whites' who follow Hindu things 'strange'? I

find one very big contradiction in the American philosophy -- that

this US of A is a melting pot and we should accept people for who

they are. Well, if that is true then why do people not always accept

you for the religion you follow? In India, it is true unity in

diversity in this aspect.

 

Talk to you all later:)

Jennifer