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Today, I got treatments!

We are starting to do intensive PanchaKarma Treatments at the house. Panka Karma is a purification regimen, and it involves lots of treatments, they go all day.

We have our first client, and begin a five day treatment on thursday.

So, Veena wanted to practice, she's the boss with this kind of stuff, I am just the humble assistant. Angela came over, because she will be helping with the ABYANGA, or hot oil massage.

The abyanga consists of being drenched in hot, herbed oil, and having rubbed over you in long flowing strokes by two people at once.its pretty juicy and wonderful, a little different than traditional massage, they don't work the muscles the same way, mostly its just a slather. its still pretty intense, though.

Then it was down into the sauna. I did twenty minutes, while doing mantra on my beads.

Then I went back upstairs and had another session.

I'm not sure what this one was called, but it involves a powdery spices and dust.
So I got spicy powder rubbed all over me!! It was fantastic.

Then I showered off.

we planned to give me a basti (hebal oily enema), but we were a little wiped out, so we ate and rested.

did anyone else have trouble sleeping last night?

in other delicious news, we rented The dragon room at the maui eco retreat. we are appropriately psyched.