India

Sanieh is off to India this weekend. Coincidentally, my friend Jon and his wife are going to a yoga retreat in India in March.

I know a lot of yogis feel like they need India, to go to India, in order to be fulfilled in their path. For some reason, I don't. I grew up around Indians, work with them, and have Indian friends who have been opened to share their culture with me. I am thankful for that. On one level, India is beautiful; full of colors, music, dance... there is so much culture. One another level, there is the reality of poverty, disease, etc. Don't get me wrong, I would love to go to India some day. I feel, when the time is right, it'll happen!

Today's practice is at Sanieh's Hatha Flow class. She shared with us mandala namaskar, much of which was from Shiva Rea. It is a very fluid sequence of postures... almost like modern dance! This is definitely not a practice for beginners.