I had a great time teaching yoga at this year's retreat which had the theme of integrating mind, body, and spirit. I was interviewed for a short web video clip and got to demo yoga on camera, a first which made me realize how much I want to do videos besides my audio podcasts. The yoga sessions were fun for me, mixing yoga and reiki and talking about how the practice relates to life.
The Catskill mountains were beautiful and I did yoga in the brisk mountain air Saturday after giving a private reiki session and taking a meditation class. No less than 5 deer paused to watch me. They were skittish--snorting and stomping a bit, not knowing what to make of the quiet, barely moving human being. I beamed them a little reiki so they would hopefully not get run over as they seemed to be undecided about crossing the road once they decided I was no threat and they walked by. Always good to see animal fight or flight to learn about my own which I practice yoga to help heal.
I explored watercolors in a workshop as part of my ongoing Artist's Way work. (I'm on Week 8! Been doing morning pages but not religiously and sort of doing the artist's dates.) I'm messy but I guess that's OK, I got colors on paper and that's working the throat/creative chakra.
As usual, my friends from Long Island drove me home which kept the spirit of the retreat alive for a few more hours, thank goodness.
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