My final day packing brought up wonderful thoughts about what I'll miss so I thought I'll pepper in a few last remarks from this adventure. I can't believe it's over? I can't believe it's the beginning? This last week has been explosive in the fabulous department and I captured it all in photos. However, the dorm Internet speed is a relative of the ‘slowskees’ so you will get what I had the patience to upload. Please engage in telepathy if you want to see more photos in my camera. When I land in FLA I will upload missing photos from my last week. It was so great because there was fabulous weather, people, goodbyes, outings, hugs and meditations. The volunteer office gave us an emotional sending off with a ritual around a fire down by the lake where we each received loving words from the remaining volunteers as we walked down a row of rose petals and live music. We were met with pictures of the group, hugs from the volunteer staff and mala beads. Oh so many tears from so many people!!! (sniff, sniff)
The entire week continued with such magic too, especially today. My last day consisted of the following: a 6am labyrinth walk to set intentions, collective breakfast with friends, long meditation, walk in the woods, conversation with Ganesh, last Journey Dance, a trip to the Berkshire bakery for chocolate bread, a playground stop, dancing with live drumming, the sauna and hugs from so many beautiful souls that I will dearly miss. Did I mention the people here are amazing? Lifetime friendships officially formed for sure.
And now for the list of what I’ll miss the most about Kripalu:
-The open, kooky, spiritual, energetic people
-Pancake Monday
-Wednesday and Saturday dessert nights
-Summer meals on benches
-Sunflowers growing on the side of the road
-White butterflies dancing by me
-The mountains
-The sound of fans
-Toni's scarves
-RP's hips shaking
-Shiva statues
-Panini press
-Feathers, Turkeys and Rabbits
-Skinny tall trees with arms that hug
-Gita book club
-Rock sculptures
-Hummus lettuce wraps
-The Ganesha meditation spot
-Evelyn's yoga class
-Saturday live drumming, dancing and sweating
-The meditation room, specifically, the spot in the upper left corner facing the window
-Peppermint tea at my disposal
-The collective OM
I set sail to drive out tomorrow. Please send me your loving vibrations and positive energy. I am bringing myself home. I can’t say that I’m hardly the same person though, how exciting?
Jai,
