I haven't actually read the book but I decided to go to India to 'find myself'.
First stop is Rishikesh, in Uttarakhand about 6 hours north of Delhi, where there of lots of ashrams catering for westerners. As far as I can tell, an ashram is basically a yoga training retreat with some meditation and Hindu traditions thrown in. I've been to a few yoga classes back home and have been using the 'down dog' app to practise at home but I do struggle with the bending at the waist - I empty before starting a practice but as soon as a little bit of output or air is in there, the bending squishes my bag and causes leaks. I only brought enough bags with me to change once every 2 days so I will have to keep an eye on this. Especially as the vegetarian diet means more than usual output...
First stop is Rishikesh, in Uttarakhand about 6 hours north of Delhi, where there of lots of ashrams catering for westerners. As far as I can tell, an ashram is basically a yoga training retreat with some meditation and Hindu traditions thrown in. I've been to a few yoga classes back home and have been using the 'down dog' app to practise at home but I do struggle with the bending at the waist - I empty before starting a practice but as soon as a little bit of output or air is in there, the bending squishes my bag and causes leaks. I only brought enough bags with me to change once every 2 days so I will have to keep an eye on this. Especially as the vegetarian diet means more than usual output...
After a few close calls I had the idea of turning the bag 90 degrees so it wouldnt get so squashed - this is the way that stealth belt works and I have brought one of those with me. This helped a little however the most effective arrangement was just to not wear the Comfizz band (that I absolutely always wear so I didn't really think about not wearing it) and have really loose Indian style trousers. It's this that really worked the best.
On another note; white water rafting down the Ganges was a disappointing experience as the rapids were not very wild but the difficult things was, of course, the lack of toilet facilities and the waiting around for Indian organisation and the huge bowl of porridge I had for breakfast that day. My bag had got quite full by the end of the session and I found it difficult to paddle hard for fear of causing a leak.
