Today was my 1st day at the Ashram. At 9:30 we had a welcome morning. Basically the whole morning they introduced us to all the different meditations, the resort facilities, etc, etc.
We had demos and small practices for the different meditations.
Much of it was not new to me as I've done the same ones in Taos (Dynamic, Kondolini, etc).
The available workshops don't interest me much, therefore I have enrolled. Besides they are quite expensive.
The Ashram has a daily participation fee of 550 rupees which entitle you to the various meditations through the day, all the facilities and different parties /activities during the day.
Morning starts with dynamic meditation at 6:00 AM, then Yoga or Tai-Chi. Afternoon has Kundolini and the highlight of the day is at about 6:40 PM which is a meditation with Osho's talking and videos. Thought the day there are other activities which vary. Typically at 9:30 PM there is a party, today for example it was creativity party, like painting, ceramics, sewing, etc.
People are all day with Maroon Robes and during the Osho meditation is all in white. Actually the robes are quite comfortable. There are hundreds of participants from all nations. I met during the welcome day, two Iranians, a few Brazilians, Spanish, Italians, Indians, etc. That is pretty nice.
There is no money in the Ashram. You have to buy vouchures and those are used to pay for everything. There are two restaurants (different food and prices) a pool, tennis courts and in general the area is very green and beautiful. They call it a meditation RESORT and the name fits it.
So far I'm a bit disappointed as most of what I'm doing is the same as what I've done in Taos and also in the Ashram Ba-Mitbar. And frankly Nissim Amon is much more interesting than Osho.
In Taos the meditations were part of it, but the talks with Nissim made the whole difference. I imagine that participating in a group workshop here will change things. Unfortunately the one I'm interested in only coming in about 5 days or so. The mingle with people is a bit more difficult as the amount of people is large and unless you are in a class, there are not specific groups.
In any case I'm keeping an open mind and lets see what happens tomorrow.
There is a Beit Chabad right by the Ashram. Today I went there to hear about recommendation of the cheaper accommodations. What I see is not very compelling, therefore for now I'm staying in my hotel which is pretty good. In general the Ahsram consumes all your time and there is not much time left to do anything else.
On a curious note. I noticed a large amount of Indian Guys always hunting for western women. They are everywhere in the hotels, restaurants, cafes. That is not fair, you cannot compete with their numbers :-) !!!!!!! The ones you see are more sophisticated looking and more yuppie like.
Most of them also participate on the workshops. Therefore you see quite a lot of couples in the Ashram of Indian men with western women. By the other hand the Indian girls don't seem to hang around western men.
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