Looking back on short weekday (lucky!) trip during “spring break” us adults get too sometimes …when you have a local contact, it’s not so far of a getaway – thank you Y-san!
Chai with view of Mt. Shasta right in front !
Never thought there would be Indian food in this little town … miss Vivify, the sushi restaurant though… the vegan macrobiotic bento was so… delicious. The co-owner of that lovely place, Vivify, A-san passed away with cancer some years ago but I am always reminded of her when I come to this town. If it were not for her radical change in diet (you are what you eat!) and lifestyle (relaxation!), she would not have lived as long as she lived. She used to open her seminars with the statement, had it not been for the positive changes based on self-study and explorations that included Japanese to Aryuvedic methods, she would not have been standing before us. It is said she prolonged her life by as much as 15+ years, improving her quality of life as she went about teaching macrobiotic cooking and educating others the importance of water and food we consume. She made a difference as with each contact she made, she touched that person’s heart. She was a gift and so were her teachings. We are all, and each a gift during this lifetime and we all leave behind our traces when there’s love in our hearts.
Reminds me of the time my mother had a hip replacement surgery – and the rehabilitation she underwent, now with bionic hips, she’s all good! Doing yoga? Sure. A lovely Japanese yoga teacher with sessions blessed by PT, so caring and well-informed – impressed. Want to take her class? Sure, just go to Ginza, Tokyo. Not possible? Okay, just settle with me – it’s an integral part of my practice because it…works.
Advances in medicine is amazing for something acute and we are the beneficiaries to that great strides made in science and medicine; but something more chronic, we need a different approach. More on this … when I take a moment after I take care of others.
Precisely !
Sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves.
Us Bionic Super Women !!
Yoga practice reminds us of the value of self-care.
Refresh and Repeat, Repeat.
