Favorite of the India pics part 1 of many

                                          Sitting, waiting along the banks the Mama Ganga

Kdizz * Bdizz manifesting silliness

Jamie the warrior goddess tree fairy

 I met Jamie at Kripalu, she is a true being of light and sound. I love her and miss her dearly.
We had a 6 hour wait at Albany Airport. To pass the time we played music, sang songs out in front of the airport for the other patrons, had a dance party in the Albany Airport meditation room and got funky with photo booth.

The link below is for you jamie!!! JAI                                                                              *Namaste

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WJNXsORrc

sam cooke

sam cooke is a true legend and perfect music for a rainy sunday morning. xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQU4torUz-Q

Hello

नमस्ते - Namaste
Friends, It has been sooooo long since my last post. I have returned from India and have since completed by Yoga teacher training at Kripalu. I have so much to be thankful for. Wishing you all lots of love. I am posting my first batch of pictures from India on Facebook. I will also post them on Flicker as well. Stay tuned for the links. xoxoxox

The Journey By Mary Oliver

The Journey

One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice--
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do--
determined to save
the only life you could save.

To Just Be...

 To watch constantly from day to day, from moment to moment, without drawing the conclusion or living in that conclusion, to watch in relationship without judgment, without comparison, but with constant awareness requires a great deal of persistency. Without doing that, all study of sacred books, all systems, have very little meaning; on the contrary, they are harmful to the mind which is stuffing itself with other people's ideas. - The Collected Works, Vol. VII Madras 2nd Public Talk 6th December 1953

India, the land supporting a collective culture where one can just be. Sitting on the side of the road, gathering outside a temple, or squating by the shade of a tree, staring into the endless landscape. In any situation, one can just be. There is no judgement, no one is looking at you and wondering why you are not "doing" anything. You can just sit and watch the day go by for hours with out any regret , hesitation or disddane for not accomplishing a single thing.

I encourage you all to have a good ole fashion sit today. sit without any worry or idea that you must do anything by just watch and listen as life carries on without your active participation. It is a wonderful thing.

Hari OM and Namaste.