The India Photos...

Golden Temple - (Amritsar Nov 2008)

Hi everyone!  As you can see, my postings of India pics from my trip have slacked off a bit.  Life goes on, and as I have been slowly integrating myself into this new community of Nelson - I have gotten a bit sidetracked with postings.  Actually, I sorted through all my 700+ photos again just the other day, & I've decided that I'm not going to put any new postings up from the trip...at least not exclusively.  I'll continue to occasionally post old/new India pics that are of relevance or which compliment any future postings I may add in regards to my yoga practices & life experiences.

After all...India sure was a beautiful experience, but so is this wonderful little place called Nelson! Another reminder for me (& all of us) to BE HERE NOW.   Use your past experiences & wisdom accumulated (like from the India trip), and apply it to the NOW.  

So, onwards I go.  I am truly blessed to be living in this vibrant community.  I was at the Shanti Studio again this morning doing some much needed yoga therapy on my legs after an intense day of backcountry skiing.  As I turned my gaze to the left while in parvritta trikonasana, I was presented with the luminous daylight filtering through the north facing window.  Everything around me was softened: the light, the energy in the room, my gaze.  And as I slowly bent my front knee to assist myself out of the asana, I noticed that I was also softened!  Completely relaxed.  As my upper body returned to vertical, I could really feel such a strong energy flowing in the opposite direction: DOWN my spine....down my ribcage.  Like drops of water that fall off the tip of a leaf.  Very slowly & gracefully.  And once that drop leaves the leaf & moves through space & air, it takes the energy with it.  Eventually that drop of water connects with the ground, but not in a forceful way.  Instead, it lands on the surface and then extends its form - expanding in all directions & connecting its energy to everything else around it.

love,

sarah