all waters are holy

Having been in India for a month and bathing in the holy Ganges River...
it made my think about all waters flowing through our lands...

The Arkansas River of the Mid West, the Hudson River of NY, the Gulf Coast of the South and even little sounds, lakes and streams all over this country...

I came to realize that All Waters are Holy.

Even thought we do not have many people prostrating infront of the Hudson every sunrise and sunset...that doesn't mean that that deep blue cold water of the ancient Hudson River is not blessed with sacred energy, revitalizing currents and glorious animals inhabiting the space.

So my friend, Jeremiah and I decided to bow down to the Hudson.
We were at the Chelsea Piers at sunset , with the view of Jersey across the shore...and we both agreed that all waters are holy. The Ganga flows into the Hudson...

Then sitting at Columbus Circle for an outdoor picnic lunch...I sat next to the water falls and man-made streams circling the seating area. I bowed down to that water and then raised it up to my forehead in honor of its purity and beauty. All waters are holy.

I recently spent the weekend in South Hamptons and was so honored to be on a cliff over looking the gorgeous Atlantic Ocean...blessing it and it blessing me with the sea breeze...
all waters are holy

so today...look in your water bottle and bless your beautiful water!
celebrate your shower!
pay homage to your pasta boiling in the pot of water!
bc

All waters are holy!

Doing my Yoga has already...

Doing my yoga everyday has already helped my...
aches and pains
mind chatter
breathing
relationships with others
appetite
weight loss
and sense of my self

Its been about a month that I have been doing my yoga everyday now...sometimes for 7 minutes and sometimes for 30 minutes. It starts to feel so good that I do not want to stop.

My routine:
Basically I start standing up, eyes closed, hands down by the thighs.
Inhale my hands up above my head gently touching fingertips and look up at hands
Exhale hands down to touch thighs.
Continue this for at least 3 or 4 breaths...up to as many as you feel.
Really hear the inhale and exhale...to the point that the throat is open and mouth is closed.
Ujjayi Breath

The with the exhale fold down, fingers touching the floor
Inhale all the way back up fingers touching the tips and look up
continue with the breath for as long as you like

Then
Extend one leg forward about 2.5 feet, hips width apart
and inhale your hands to the sky and exhale all the way down so they finger tips are touching the floor
tilt your chin to your chest for Jalandhara Bandha

change legs

rest in childs pose

try this for a few days

It seems that my body is being naturally stretched so that the soreness is released, easily. BC every day and night that I do my yoga, I feel looser and leaner. I have not gone to the gym or eaten more or less. But my body is responding to this deep, conscious breathing..and my heart is responding to this time I am putting in for me.

You try.

From Mark Whitwell:
"The ancient wisdom of yoga teaches that Life is already given to you, you are completely loved, you are here now. It teaches that we are not separate, cannot be separate from nature, which sustains us in a vast interdependence with everything. The universe comes perfectly, and is awesome in its integration and infinite existence. This union is our natural state, this union is Yoga."