More things at Ayurmana

Maria's leaf collection

Maria has been given some holiday works from school. One is to collect leaves. Inside and outside of Ayurmana has been excellent for this work.  We went in search for leaves and it was an awesome experience. I have not observed these many types and colors of leaves. They were all there in nature; but I never observed.More than Maria, it was me who was excited to see all these varieties of leaves.

Food at Ayurmana

The food at Ayurmana has been a surprise for me. A variety of vegetable 'combinations' that I have never come across in my life. Have they been following the complete ayurvedic pathyam/diet? I'm not very sure. Though they have been avoiding tamarind, mustard, wheat, mango etc., there was a heavy usage of coconut (they even added fried coconut paste for many dishes). Nevertheless I enjoyed the food like anything.

Greenery and the rains

Greenery has been integral part at Ayurmana. Green all around and the  edavapathi rains gave my brain a very soothened feeling. I saw all those Dashapushapa there, which I have not seen since many years. The instant look at Mukkutty and Thumpa, made me remember good old Malabar days. 

And the best part. Bird, birds everywhere. Their chirping made us look for them. And you know, we saw two peacocks also on our visit. A lady and a gentlemen. The male was looking so handsome, and dint bother to move away when we went nearby. Woodpeckers, kingfishers, robins, sparrows, mynas and some other birds(whose names i don't know), came from time to time, to give apt company for my poor recovering brain. 

Rendezvous(?) with Artist Prashant Miranda

Hey! I met an artist at Ayurmana!! Artist Prashant Miranda!! I heard his firm voice during yoga sessions and thought that he is some top management person from the software industry. I got an instant shock when he said that he is an artist. See my brain wires are so damaged. At times it takes some time for it to come to reality. It took me sometime to place him from software industry to his artistic levels. He seemed to be in his private zone, might be the brain at work. It was my last day at Ayurmana that I got to know his name. I checked his work and found that he is Prashant Miranda. The brilliance in his works have been surprising me. So, during my stressful and hopeless PhD days, I keep checking his works from his blogs, Instagram and Facebook. The works, for me, seem to be very genuine, brilliant and, as many commented, soothing as well.