Word: narayan
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...ashram, believing that a husband who does not treat her well is dispensable. Sita may be the model for the long-suffering women of Indian TV and film, but novelist Ranga Rao argues that she also influences the strong-minded females in the beloved stories of R.K. Narayan...
Finally, after the negative-energy-sucking selenium crystals are scattered around me and the battle of the foot-breathing is lost and we thank the sun, moon and earth, I get dressed. I am pleasantly out of it and so much at peace that when Narayan comments on the essential oils still on my face, saying "I like things that vibrate," I don't even make a joke...
...Narayan applies a mask of diatomaceous earth, microdermabrasion crystals, lavender, clove and sweet orange essential oils, which feels tingly and smells awfully Christmassy. She massages that in and then applies a serum of aloe vera and jojoba oil. I'm feeling pretty great and really sleepy when Narayan tells me she is going to tap out my tension. This tapping, it turns out, isn't tapping as much as really hard, fast banging on the bones around my eyes, jaw and nose with a stone pestle, for about half an hour. I don't know if tension is leaving...
Once the meat on my face is totally tenderized, she starts putting her hands on various parts of my body, asking me to breathe into those areas. Narayan explains that she is empathic, which means that even if I can't feel the negative energy leaving me, she can--often seeing it as colors. Every so often, she lets out a loud breath, like a petulant dragon. This, I decide, occurs when I'm doing a good...
...Narayan gives me my diagnosis. "Basically, every one of your chakras needs a level of work and opening up and cleaning out," she says. This is not something I have time to do. "There's some anxiety that fuels you," she says. "You operate from an adrenaline rush." She frowns slightly as she says this, but I take it as a compliment. I leave feeling more confident in my wellness than I ever have...