This morning’s sky report. Petals rained on all night, drenched. Drooping from weight of the rain drops but not deterred, rising above:) Retaining petals, still flowering as its meant to.
🌸Flower power for spring. Welcoming Spring with strength …
Yoga outdoors:)
Walking meditation. Stronger the winds the better … invigorating !
With due respect for this super smart, incredible human being on a mission to spread his yoga studios like “Starbucks of Yoga” all over this country, the cause of his death is very sad. Alone… from a fall in $3MM home, leaving behind a net worth of $100MM. Guess you can’t take all that with you on that celestial, terrestrial journey to the infinite. Obviously, the man, the mortal was suffering from some unknown pain if he had to drink to that extent to dull and numb his senses. Reminded of the words of Maty Ezraty that sometimes big poses don’t mean a thing- rather there’s a lot of chaos there, there’s craziness sometimes …and when that need for constant business mixed with intense focus can’t be sustained, the Type A’s get distressed and feel their body and mind are betraying them. Maybe. They become fearful. Gurus are human after all.
(a plug, lol:) Please consult a Yoga Therapist to chill with at such times rather than turning to unhealthy choices which includes wrong kind of yoga practice – full of dogmas and preachy… would that work for you? Or no spirituality – just fitness – would that work for you? It all depends.
I’ve done CorePower in Berkeley and most recently had a free class at Yoga Journal Conference … it was vigorous and sweaty and well delivered. In his honor, I think I am going to one of the CorePower studios just to revisit …and thank. RIP.
I am referring to this article. Click Here.
If yoga is about “balance”, you can say that he lost his balance … and fell to his demise. What do you think? Reminded of the words of our teacher last weekend – yoga can be like a miracle cure, a medicine or … a poison. I found latter to be unbelievable but then sometimes it all depends on that practice matching up to one’s true needs.
According to my beautiful Persian friend, Naw Ruz means New Day as tomorrow is the first day of spring after today, Spring Equinox. I was anointed with drops of dewy rose water, had morsels of delicate cookies and sips of wine accompanied by delicious green herb rice and green quiche/frittata called Kuku? Some cute name this dish has and so scrumptious ! Special symbolic foods are served as a tradition to celebrate Persian New Year!
Golden calligraphy of Hafiz poetry graced this shrine thoughtfully decorated with symbolic New Year’s auspicious eggs (origin of Easter eggs?), bulb flowers of tulips and hyacinth, iris, violets and orchid blossoms still blooming from the winter season, welcoming spring with refreshed smile – school of goldfish swimming in water, pot of green grass, herbs, coins, strands of beads and a rock and ashes and … beautifully lit candles on marble. The symbolism of each carefully selected item curated… but first, to begin with the ritual of looking into the central mirror to set New Years resolution … an affirmation …got me to really appreciate not only this New Day but our friendship. (there were even “Meoto” rice bowls of cherry blossoms from Japan:) So honored to learn about this celebration that dates back centuries, steeped in long Persian history – Persian civilization dates back so far as one the oldest on earth so particularly fascinated to learn the symbolic meanings to all that graced before my eyes. Thank you for sharing your light, dear Friend:)
Variety of fresh spring herbs are folded into this green rice and frittata – Tastes like Spring !
Here’s a poem by Hafiz I found that made me think of my peace loving or just plain, loving and elegant Persian friend:
ELEGANCE
It
Is not easy
To stop thinking ill
Of others.
Usually one must enter into a friendship
With a person
Who has accomplished that great feat himself
Then
Something
Might start to rub off on you
Of that
True
Elegance
Laughter comes easy when you are breathing that air of “true elegance” …it’s rubbing off, as I set my Affirmation for this New Day.
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Sky report is cloudy with some rain but undeterred, cherry blossoms are slowly starting to blossom. Undeniably …
SPRING had arrived.
Happy New Year!!!