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Beautiful People

Tokyo Vignette

Here’s a little snapshot from mom’s physical therapy session. A-sensei is God sent according to her – a very patient physical therapist she is blessed with – as for me, the observer, I always learn a lot just watching him work on my mom and then another patient/student with entirely a different set of problems – it’s a bit like yoga assists/adjustment but very labor-intensive… realizing each time, what a tough job it is. To get mobility back, it’s hard work. To regain fluid mobility, it’s a continual work with grace:)
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Lovely yoga teacher – felt she’s knowledgeable in both Japanese, of course and Ayurvedic based methods. Love her homepage – and much to my surprise, a book I picked out – on Ayurveda – total coincidence – so shocked as I turn the page on this book I picked out of few other choices – she’s the model in the book ! … What a coincidence – I did’t realize it’s her until I got back to US and had the time to really get into the book.
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31st floor and filled with LIGHT! Lovely class she leads – oldest student is 85! So refreshing to be in a yoga class where not once did we go into down-dog. At the end, feeling so light and free – different paths on a journey to get to the same place. Need not always have a down-dog to be more than 100% satisfied, is a lesson learned in her class.
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Realizing what I need at a street corner … almost walked in but…no time.
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Dreamy…sigh…
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reflexology – here too – or should I say, comes from here.
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Healthy Food

Indian Dinner in Tokyo

Oddly, despite all that eating I did in Tokyo, I actually lost weight which goes to show how healthy Japanese food is and how portion control is important. I ate Japanese food at every opportunity – sushi, onabe, oden, etc. – at every meal except when my girlfriends took me to (at my request) a delicious Indian restaurant near Tokyo JR station. Indian food in Tokyo is very good and when I told the chef that I was from Silicon Valley and thought his food was better than the Silicon Valley Indian food, he was beaming – and it wasn’t a flattery – it was true. The flavors were delicate and well spiced…(but portions small – the Japanese standard). I am always so impressed with Japanese baked goods and here at Indian eatery as well. Best Nan and dosa…

Last to leave being last to get seated… late dinner is not my thing but:) making exceptions…chefs are waiters are cleaning up so … a hint that it’s time to go.
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authentic chai with shared sweets… petit sizes…
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The place was packed and could not get a reservation until 8:30pm… Here’s the link to the restaurant site – menu in English as well … Click the restaurant name: Dhaba India
Or you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner – all Japanese, everyday:) but so much variety in mega-city, that is, Tokyo:)

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Ganesha greeted us! Felt at home – weird isn’t it? A Japanese coming back from America, at Indian restaurant in hometown, Tokyo and feeling at home?

In case you were beginning to wonder…

“I’m not so weird to me.”

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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Beautiful Places

“The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anything he had imagined. It changed its color and shape and expression according to time and place and weather. It aroused a deep sadness in his heart, and at the same time it brought his heart peace and comfort.”

― Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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I love this place.