Day: June 7, 2016

The source of the biggest river in California, the Sacramento River … it supplies the Californian farmlands and sustains us all.

The Sacramento River originates in the mountains and plateaus of far northern California as three major waterways that flow into Shasta Lake: the Upper Sacramento River, McCloud River and Pit River. The Upper Sacramento begins near Mount Shasta, at the confluence of North, Middle and South Forks in the Trinity Mountains of Siskiyou County. It flows east into a small reservoir, Lake Siskiyou, before turning south. The river flows through a canyon for about 60 miles (97 km), past Dunsmuir and Castella, before emptying into Shasta Lake near Lakehead in Shasta County. The McCloud River rises on the east slope of Mount Shasta and flows south for 77 miles (124 km) through the southern Cascade Range, roughly parallel to the Upper Sacramento, eventually to reach the McCloud Arm of Shasta Lake. – excerpt from Wikipedia

Filling the water bottle to take some water back to the Bay Area …it’s super icy cold and of course, delicious. Into the woods …Amen.
The BEST Chai at the most unlikely place…

Greeted by lovely wall hangings…immediately knew this is my kind of place! Why? It’s Rumi.
Woke up before dawn to go see the sunrise … Y-san had a beautiful crystal by the fireplace …lovely grounding energy is felt.
Lovely yoga studio on a cold day at Shasta City… cozy with snow falling outside & it’s April?

Whenever I travel, I always sneak in yoga classes at a local studio to get the feel of the people and place – it’s cool to feel the connection – yogis value “SATYA” worldwide.
At Stewart Mineral Hot Spring …as suggested by Y-san, going between the HOT mineral bath and then splash into the cooling outside water then … tiptoe into the sauna. Feeling cleansed and purified. Gratitude for this ritual Native Americans also practiced. In silence. Mind fog lifts; sediments whirling around settles to the bottom and the water surface is calm, not a ripple of disturbance…refreshed. Deep Restoration one can feel at cellular level takes place. In gratitude.