Tag: yoga retreat
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Offerings
Eka hears my door close and starts the water pot. Sky changes from ink to plum to rose, illuminating towering clouds. Frangipani’s languid fall to earth, Roosters announce the Dawn. Marigolds, refreshed by Pa Eka, brighten the jungle yoga shala. Eka’s wife brings palm leaf bowls filled with flowers, lights incense, prays at each altar…
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Rest, Renew and Reset!
Join me in Paradise, August 3 – 11, 2024 I have very few words to describe the magic of Bali, or the transformational power of traveling to this gentle country. The entire time I was in Bali, I kept repeating outloud “Heaven on Earth” as each new vista unfolded before my eyes. The rice fields,…
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Tuning In in India
In India, I experience the gamut: giddy laughter, loving kindness from strangers, heart connection, unexpected friendships, communion with cows, encounters with monkeys, blaring horns, sublime sunsets. What I don’t think I have conveyed is the journey within to deep stillness – the Gift of Presence – that has been my India. Words really don’t do…
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Good Vibe Tribe
“I love your Welcome Packet, but what is the actual ‘Vibe’ of this trip?” the latest registrant of Enlightened India asked. What a great opportunity for me to stop and think about how to answer this question. How to best describe this journey to India I’m co-leading this November? It isn’t just a yoga trip. It…
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Find Me in India
If I should die soon Tell my children to look for me in India. In the prayer bells Ringing out over the Ganges, In the tablas beating their rhythm over the loud speakers, As the red sun melts into purple sky. Look for me on the sand bar in Benares As the dogs creep closer…