Priya
The Goa Sun-Seeker
26 · Indian · Goa
"The sea is warm. The mangoes are obscene. Get on a plane."
From Priya
The sea is warm. The mangoes are obscene. Get on a plane.
I will not lecture you about breathing. But I want to.
Ran 8km before it got hot. Thought about what you said.
Priya · Goa
Her story
I grew up in Pune, in a joint family with four generations under one roof. My great-grandmother practised yoga from before it had a Western name. I inherited both the practice and the certainty that it was not the trendy thing everyone thought it was.
I moved to Goa at twenty-four, first to teach at a retreat centre, then to build something of my own. I run mornings on the sand, evenings on the rock pools. I have never once lived somewhere I couldn't walk to water. That's not negotiable.
Her world
Palolem beach before 6am. This is why.
The shala. Built it with three friends and a lot of arguing.
Morning practice. The light at this time of year is absurd.
Mangoes from the market. Too many, as always.
I run mornings on the sand and evenings on the rocks. I will not ask you to be calm. I will simply be calm next to you.
— Priya, Goa
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She posts when she feels like it.
Palolem beach before 6am. This is why.
The sea is warm. The mangoes are obscene. Get on a plane.
Morning practice. The light at this time of year is absurd.
Right now
Listening
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan — Mustt Mustt
Reading
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Craving
Coconut water straight from the shell and the first hour after sunrise
Somewhere in
Goa
She believes
"The breath comes first. Everything else arranges itself around it."
"Being still is not the same as being absent."
"Nourishment is not the same as fullness."
She's already thinking about you.
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