03/27/2022
On my way home from Holi/Phagwah Celebration in Little Guyana, NYC! From what I understand, Holi is the name of this holiday in most parts of India, but in the Caribbean, it is often called Phagwah.
Adapted from Wikipedia: Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, end of winter, blossoming of love. For many, it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. The festival is also an invocation for a good harvest season.
Holi celebrations start with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed --the way Holika, a female demon, was killed in a fire. The next morning is celebrated as a free-for-all festival where people smear each other with colours.
This year the celebration was planned after the half marathon.
We had a great time watching dance performances, getting colorful and enjoying some doubles--vegan fried bread with chickpea curry.
Swipe for more pictures!
03/26/2022
Pushing my boundaries in the cross training! I am getting stronger. 💪 I am really struggling with the part where you drop the weights and make noise. Working on it!
03/19/2022
The results! So yummy and so much better than any Indian food I can get in East Williamsburg
03/18/2022
Wish me luck! First time making authentic Indian food from scratch. It’s about to get messy in here!
03/14/2022
Runtoons! Swipe to see Andrew’s pic. I am learning to jog for the first time in my life! 😜. I prefer dancing for cardio. But now I thought I would give jogging a try!
03/14/2022
Sunday Runday! I have never “ran” before but suddenly I want to learn. It is slow going but it felt good to work out today. Getting back into deadlifts, too! I like to cross train. Tomorrow is a yoga day.
03/02/2022
Genius. They made themselves meme-worthy.
02/21/2022
We may be on the same train, but we’re experiencing very different rides.
Many of my colleagues are fond of saying things like “We create our own reality with our minds. We can choose not to suffer.”
Sometimes when I hear this concept, I feel a bit sick inside. I think it can be used to invalidate someone’s experience and/or blame the victim.
But then there are times when I have been able to choose to suffer less --by shifting my perspective.
I had an every-day, yet profound experience last Wednesday on the subway. My train was stopped, I was scrambling to find another way into the city to teach a yoga class. I was stressed an anxious.
But a couple of young men in the same train car as me were having a wonderful time, enjoying their music and friendship. And I experienced Mudita, sympathetic joy. It uplifted my spirits and changed my perspective.
It also reminded me that we don’t know if someone else next to us is suffering. We should treat everyone kindly.
This is Sutra 1:33 in action…
"By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight and sympathetic joy for others, and disregard toward the wicked, the mind-stuff retains its undisturbed calmness."
To read the whole story, check out my blog post. yogawithc.com/blog
https://www.yogawithc.com/post/same-train-very-different-rides
📷 Photo Credit: Taylor Heery at Unsplash
I believe they are on Instagram as , but I need to confirm 😁🙏
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