The Yoga Retreat

Nearly 3 months of everyday Yoga does this to You . You learn to travel through the amazing life force within your body , push through the pain , let sweat like sweet salty raindrops drip from your body; realize , relate , reconnect , relearn how to take long never ending " in breaths" ;

Bow down in humility , stretch out in strength, lie down in happy baby pose and let go in total body relaxation.

My half an hour drive to reach my place of pilgrimage "The Yoga Retreat " in South Lake is the best thing that happened to me in a very long time. I long to reach there like a child would to the playground.

And the glee / glow comes through an hour and sometimes 75 minutes of Vinyasa flow.

The credit for my devotion and joy of practice goes to the most dedicated and skilled Yoga instructors that teach in the studio including the owner of the Yoga Retreat Ranjeeta Sarangi . She herself is a Master on her own right practicing yoga since she was a child .

Warm , welcoming and serene , as I roll out my mat and lie close to the beautiful hardwood floor, I feel an immediate connect to the core of my being and to the surroundings around me. And that unique feeling lingers on for the rest of the day.

The space there grounds me like no other. The space there binds me like no other .

The space there has brought in me a new meaning to the sacredness of being,

to the call of discipline ,

to the take on of challenging ,

& to the comfort of relying .

In our class this morning these are the words of wisdom that was eloquently uttered by Ranjeeta as we were going through some challenging poses

"There is pain , there is peace .

You choose !

If you choose peace pain becomes insignificant;

If you choose pain there is no space for peace."