I have dogs. I love my dogs. I currently have two small dogs and my son's pit bull mix. Most mornings they just sit back and watch me workout. This morning my son's dog - King wanted to get in the middle of it. He was either walking around the mat, sitting next to me or licking my face - a big yucky no-no. He was a bit distracting during my breathing exercises and that threw me off. Missed breaths and struggled then to hold my breath as my concentration was off. I did make it through and also completed another 200 steps on the stepper.
As I have mentioned before about why I am choosing to go to Nepal was initially the opportunities to do some volunteer work there. Most of the NGO's are located in either Kathmandu or Pokhara. I was really hoping to find something up in the mountains preferably near the Khumbu Valley. I was was googling volunteering in the Himalayas and found a organization that has opportunities in that region including English teaching assistants at a Thaktul Monastery about a thirty minute hike above Phakding. - this would be about halfway between Lukla and Namche Bazaar so I would be just a short walk off the EBC trail and would be inside the Sagarmatha National Park. Housing would be included at the monastery and I would be able to learn more about Buddhism and meditation. I would also have plenty of free time to do some hiking. If I could spend a month there I would already be a day and a half up the EBC trail and would be getting better acclimated and shouldn't have any trouble at all completing the trip. There are also opportunities to teach in some of the schools in that region too. I do think this is where I will focus my energies to go volunteer.
This could be the opportunity and dream of a lifetime.
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