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Northern California Beach

New Moon last night … Did we all have a kind of respite we needed so we can regenerate fresh and clear-headed. So you can be bright and shine, shine, shine? Or are we all still in this “vacation” haze mode? No vacation? It’s about finding the sacred space, the extraordinary in the ordinary, isn’t it? To not take life, love, care for granted.

Just found a note page with this scribbled on. I must have written it down from a workshop …

Keep in mind that when you practice yoga,
you’re not practicing to improve yourself.
You are perfect.
The practice is there to help you know that.

– Maty Ezraty

Yes, perfect in spite of the wrist pains, in spite of …this and that. BTW ergonomically designed computer desk & chair are recommended to protect your wrists and backs – I reckon that the wrist aches are not from yoga poses such as a down-dog unless you are doing it wrong. The wrist pains often results from poor desk setup and postures- those fingers tapping away at that PC board. The wrists should rest on some support that brings the fingers knuckles lower than the wrists… so a bit elevated. Then cold/warm press alternating to see which works better. While our body is an amazing piece of complex workings, it is also amazing how things can go wrong seemingly with no apparent cause. No blame placed here. Yet, with TLC of self-care, we can heal ourselves.

IMG_1802Foamy suds that bubbly waves leave on the beaches in Northern California …sinking your feet into them. Ahhhh Earthing with the bubbles feels good !
IMG_1817IMG_1596IMG_1589_03Misty…
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IMG_1593Come back for the sunrise @ 5:45am … or sunset taking place 8:30pm … LONG summer days. Foggy misty Northern California …
not so hot.
Yet.

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Water, Wood and Chai

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

IMG_6504Filling the water bottle to take some water back to the Bay Area …it’s super icy cold and of course, delicious.IMG_6493 Into the woods …IMG_6511IMG_6512IMG_6692Amen.
IMG_6717The BEST Chai at the most unlikely place…IMG_6718

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Reminiscing Mount Shasta

IMG_6427Greeted by lovely wall hangings…immediately knew this is my kind of place! Why? It’s Rumi.
IMG_6415Woke up before dawn to go see the sunrise … IMG_6662IMG_6631IMG_6697IMG_6668Y-san had a beautiful crystal by the fireplace …lovely grounding energy is felt. IMG_6669
IMG_6416Lovely yoga studio on a cold day at Shasta City… cozy with snow falling outside & it’s April?
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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.
IMG_6674IMG_6680At 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.