After barely 2 days in NYC ( was in JFK 2 days in a row hehe ) , I flew into a stormy Miami Tuesday evening.
Miami is now starting to feel more like an outpost of Brazil as Portugese is equally heard as much as Spanish there now. Brazilian investment in Miami grew to 25 % this year.
The humid summer rainy season weather also reminded me of Rio. It was a huge relief to enter the cool shelter of the Coconut Grove Temple for Thurs. noon arati.
Greeting the Deities & performing dandavats pranam on the cool temple floor ; I didn't want to get up from it & head back into the material world of meetings & emails .
I was also able to move a dinner around with an associate that same evening & practice at Patrick Nolan's evening Mysore class @ Miami Life Center. I had dropped-in on his now defunct Ashtanga Elements class last year also at MLC.
Patrick is very hands on in his teaching style. His teaching manner is distinct because he has a sense of humor. Mysore in the early morning can be very solemn , contemplative. The evening sessions probably tend to be more relaxed & looser as everyone has gone through the grinder of the workday & are just ready to let go.
I'd like to thank Patrick for spending time & working with me on asana & adjustments . He had his regular students in the room & I was the "drop-in ". He had me the minute he asked , " Are you familiar with the Ashtanga system ? "
If you are in South Beach for business or vacation, definitely "drop-in " for evening Mysore. Patrick will take care of you , & make you laugh.
I took the image above of the 20th St. Beach outside the hotel early this morning. The rain had stopped & the sky was starting to turn blue. I will be back. Ate mais Miami.
