Enroute

I have just landed in London!

 I am not sure it has all hit me yet, the weekend was so full and I am running on fumes.

Saturday I taught my final yoga class for 6 weeks, I was unexpectedly emotional and raw (this space and this community are such a huge part of my life!!).  The intention/theme I offered was personal to me – reassurance that we are meant to go and live and do!!  

“To live is the rarest thing in the world.  Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde

I have existed for many years, sometimes feeling like it was moment to moment.  Even when I was not just making it moment to moment I have still hold on too tight to those I love and not let myself be “reckless and selfish” and do the wild things I have only dreamed about.  At one point during class as I offered vinyasa I cued it without even knowing as “you choose your own journey.”  I really was talking to me!

After teaching I navigated a BIG to-do list of finishing packing, preparing the house to go on the market, and spending time with as many people as I could.  I had two amazing breakfasts (thank you Lauren and Alicia), dinner with my son (love you Jay), a haircut and catch up (thanks for squeezing me in Heather), endless messages and phone calls, a surprise swing by the house for hugs (so glad I got to see you Megan) and dog snuggles in between it all.

Monday morning I dropped the dogs of to board for 35 days and shed several tears – I placed my own worries and fears upon them and felt large amounts of guilt for leaving them.  I received so many more messages.  I stood in awe of my home and got emotional as I carried my bags out knowing that when I return it likely won’t be my home for long and while that’s a good thing I haven’t paused once to think about leaving it and how that might feel.  Many thanks to Julie for the ride to the airport, the 45 minutes in the car was not even near enough time!

I did get everything in two backpacks and I am lugging everything I will use in the next 5 weeks through 5 airports and nearly 48 hours of travel – I know I am a little off by that as I try to calculate the difference in time, but my brain is not handling time conversions currently…..  I left KC at 2 pm local time Monday and I will make it to the Ashram around noon local time on Wednesday – I am going to be beyond ready for a shower and a bed!!

So where do I head from here?  I will leave London in just over an hour on a 8.5 hour flight to Delhi, it will be almost midnight local time when I arrive.  I decided to remain in the airport and will meet up with two others also headed to the 300 hour yoga teacher training program to take one last (shorter) flight to Dehradun.  Then we will all share a cab and make our hike up to the ashram.  That evening we will have an orientation and training starts the next morning at 5:30 am.

Oh, and how gorgeous does this look….