tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25298531460962697562024-03-13T23:55:16.335-07:00Julie in IndiaThis is a sometimes chronicle of my eighth trip from Portland to Pune to study yoga at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute. My intention is to share what touches, surprises and inspires me. Together we will see what happens.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-40747373280400442362014-11-21T19:24:00.000-08:002014-11-21T19:26:44.310-08:00In Loving Memory of B.K.S. Iyengar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As I leave the Institute and
begin to think about heading home to Portland, I stop at the new beautiful
photo of Guruji that graces the entrance to the practice hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I touch his feet in the photo, bow my head and join
my palms in <i>Namaskar</i>, paying my respects in a way that it has been done for
thousands of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this way I am
acknowledging the divinity within him as well as the divinity that he awakened
within me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rest in peace, my dear
teacher. Thank you for sharing the Light that you are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-29245333211359797742014-11-21T04:54:00.000-08:002014-11-21T04:54:52.916-08:00A Few of My Favorite Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Taking class with Geetaji:</b> Clear, pure, precise teaching from The Source.</span></span><br />
(Photo is from the Portland Convention, 2010.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Sarees:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never seen a saree I did not
think was both beautiful and elegantly draped, whether it is worn for a wedding
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Nana Waghchaure:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span>Nana takes care of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I trust him implicitly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is a day in the country to
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>The feel of the floor at the
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kota stone floor is always calming for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes me right back to one of the first times I came to
Pune.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guruji (B.K.S. Iyengar) had
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Coconut water:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span>There’s nothing like fresh coconut
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I found this overview of
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Source:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Times of India newspaper November
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Percentage of households
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tile roofs<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>39.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tap water (treated)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>32.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Electricity<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>67.3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wood or cow dung for
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Percentage of households
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Television<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>47.2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mobile phone<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>53.2<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The yoga hall is filled with students from all over the world making this pilgrimage to the source of our shared inspiration. There are at least 120 of us in the practice hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Iyengar Yoga thrives!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Classes are being taught with a deep sense of calm clarity.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I felt a personal calling to make this trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man who inspired my life’s work has passed and being here allows me to pay my respects and to know on an experiential level that Iyengar Yoga continues. It has taken me a while to find the words to express what I am experiencing here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reverence, commitment and gratitude come through the teachers, their teaching, our practice and our community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reverence for all that our esteemed teacher has shared with us through out his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The commitment of all who have the fire for Iyengar Yoga to travel, practice, study and teach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And gratitude for the legacy we are all part of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>JLYC students and all students of Iyengar Yoga teachers are an important part of this legacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you practice yoga in a class or in your home practice and it changes the way you live your life or the way you respond in traffic or the way you express patience with your family or co-workers, you are touched by the power of Iyengar Yoga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There is no doubt</span> it transforms us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-70397246918589345752014-11-15T01:07:00.000-08:002014-11-16T19:27:43.726-08:00Signs of the Times!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-86735448380852976002014-11-12T17:53:00.002-08:002014-11-12T17:53:28.921-08:00Veggie Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-23365758103674459882014-11-10T23:25:00.000-08:002014-11-10T23:29:20.338-08:00Classes at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yoga classes begin with three Oms and the Invocation to Patanjali.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the sound of the first Om, I feel
immediately at home here in Pune half way around the world from Portland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had classes with Gulnaz Dashti,
Prashant Iyengar and yes, (lucky us!) Geeta Iyengar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to our daily classes, there are medical classes
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those who have a specific medical issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Iyengar will create an individual sequence for them, which they are expected to
practice three times a week here at the Iyengar Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frequently a family member will
accompany them in order to learn how to assist them in their poses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The poses include a large number of props,
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As in the past, I have been
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living with Parkinson’s disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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recently told me that a loved one had just been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and
wanted to know what Iyengar Yoga might offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each person’s situation is different, dependent also on
their age and physical health, which is why we cannot just glibly apply one
person’s sequence to another, but while I am here I hope to learn some of the
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">When in India, I read Indian authors. This time it was Chitra Banerjee, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Amazing Thing</i> and Amitav Ghosh, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sea of Poppies</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Glass Palace</i>. Toward the end of my stay, I traded books with my friend Elise and, for a change of pace, I read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Travels with Charley</i> by John Steinbeck.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Once a journey is designed, equipped, and put in process, a new factor enters and takes over. A trip, a safari, an exploration, is an entity, different from all other journeys. It has personality, temperament, individuality, uniqueness. A journey is a person in itself: no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip: a trip takes us…….......…..Maybe understanding is possible only after.” </div><div class="MsoNormal">~ Steinbeck</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">During my last flight from Seattle to Portland all the mountains from Baker to Bachelor stood highlighted by the sunshine to welcome me home. Our moist, verdant city feels comforting…………….ah, back to my own bed!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">There used to be only one traffic light in Pune.....and I am talking about during my lifetime. Now there are not only many traffic lights but also many busy, crazy intersections. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On Sunday we witnessed a most amazing drama unfold in front of our eyes. We were in the rickshaw with Nana doing a tour of some temples in Pune. We pulled up to an intersection, the light turned red and one car went speeding through anyway. Nana pointed out a policeman at this intersection and he explained that the traffic policeman was using his mobile device to send the license plate ahead to the policeman at the next intersection who would pull the speeding motorist over and give him a ticket. When we reached the next traffic round about, it was just as Nana had predicted. Policeman was busy writing a ticket the chagrined driver was arguing with him. Portland take notice!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Most hours of my typical day are spent in the practice hall above. Notice the photos on the walls from B.K.S. Iyengar’s definitive book,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1514823623"> </a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=light+on+yoga&x=0&y=0">Light on Yoga</a></i>, the ceiling ropes (similar to JLYC’s pelvic swing) and the variety of wooden props against the windows. Imagine this room filled with 120 people doing yoga…......mat to mat!</div></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-62009847141888948302011-01-21T08:09:00.000-08:002011-01-21T18:43:14.528-08:00The Language of Asana<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWV7FespknAVYmI_3jSi2321tqu1CvfU72FS6a82G3GqVkGTtr2Ph5DB9onywYYSUxSYsSdhSP3zGpiJJNqdEDssPRGIrKUo_cUoN0XekL6-EqFSFAKpEk7l1t_sv4zn-CPjIX7bz/s1600/IMG_0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWV7FespknAVYmI_3jSi2321tqu1CvfU72FS6a82G3GqVkGTtr2Ph5DB9onywYYSUxSYsSdhSP3zGpiJJNqdEDssPRGIrKUo_cUoN0XekL6-EqFSFAKpEk7l1t_sv4zn-CPjIX7bz/s320/IMG_0177.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">There are sculptures of B.K.S. Iyengar that are attached to the sides of the Iyengar Institute building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was coming out of class today, I caught the morning sunlight reflecting on this one of Guruji doing <i>Padmasana </i>(Lotus Pose).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The word “Guru” (gu=darkness and ru=light) means the person who takes one from darkness to light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Guru takes one from the darkness of ignorance to the light of wisdom.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Pune Practice Tip for our <a href="http://www.jlyc.com/index.php">Portland Iyengar Yoga</a> students</div><div class="MsoNormal">Do <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adho Mukha Svanasana</i> (Downward Facing Dog pose) on the lower or middle ropes. To improvise the rope set up, loop a belt around secure doorknobs. Instead of taking your hands to the floor, take your arms behind your back, clasp a pole (read broomstick) with the palms facing your back body. Slowly bring the pole up toward the ceiling and toward your head. What is the result in your body of these actions? </div></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-67862297964870980482011-01-14T05:37:00.000-08:002011-01-14T05:37:12.815-08:00Open Practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSEu_0ySV7CqBz4Vhz-i-xWTKNjGDtsFA40s55fujxGMzEzDb2U3maov6FDtxqMu0jHpnfVlPx42H4NLAstFxeynH_GihpuX_u7IdUYSVJLU_XtnhCEJ-iMSmQ50M9aUiWcTTY5Cx/s1600/IMG_0125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSEu_0ySV7CqBz4Vhz-i-xWTKNjGDtsFA40s55fujxGMzEzDb2U3maov6FDtxqMu0jHpnfVlPx42H4NLAstFxeynH_GihpuX_u7IdUYSVJLU_XtnhCEJ-iMSmQ50M9aUiWcTTY5Cx/s320/IMG_0125.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Nana is everyone’s favorite rickshaw driver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is not only reliable, informative and speaks great English, but he offers assistance in so many ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He bargains for us with the shop keepers, takes us to the Xerox booth that has no line, makes sure that the promised 24 hour activation of the cell phone (EVERYONE has a cell phone here) does indeed happen even after 72 hours of waiting and makes sure we buy only the best quality saffron. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Bill Mosser discovered Nana when he arrived in Pune during his first visit to the<a href="http://www.bksiyengar.com/modules/institut/RIMYI/rimyi.htm"> Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I remember it, Bill was deluged by rickshaw drivers trying to grab his luggage and offer him a ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nana was in the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bill chose Nana that day and he not only took the ride, but also befriended Nana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of Bill, Nana’s life has changed exponentially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Word of mouth has a powerful effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nana is now the rickshaw driver of choice for many of the international students at the <a href="http://www.bksiyengar.com/modules/Iyoga/iyoga.htm">Iyengar Yoga</a> Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is mostly punctual; he says that it is the cell phone that makes him a few minutes late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my trip with him yesterday, his phone rang four times within about 10 minutes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each time he pulls over to answer the call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These calls are friends requesting his services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He even asked specifically about his Portland yoga friends.......Terry, Barb and Care. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Among Nana’s finest attributes is that he has a generous heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon my arrival in Pune, he came to where I was, transported my jet-lagged self and my luggage to the flat that I had rented sight unseen, and made sure I was settled in before he left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The twinkle in his eye, his words of wisdom and his generous heart are what I love most about Nana.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pune Practice tip for our <a href="http://www.jlyc.com/">Portland Iyengar Yoga</a> students:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Abhijata Sridhar, B.K.S. Iyengar’s granddaughter, teaches the class today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine Mr. Iyengar, 92 years old, in a supported back bend or headstand while coaching Abhi in her teaching of the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talks to her in a low voice, she is near him, maybe even doing the pose herself for a moment as she instructs us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Assistants encourage (read “correct”) us when we fail to grasp what she says.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This passing of the teaching from one generation to the next is a wonder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is sweet with her; she is respectful in accepting and relaying his information to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So…..yes, he is still teaching!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Pune practice tip for my <a href="http://www.jlyc.com/">Portland yoga</a> students:</div><div class="MsoNormal">To keep the hips more evenly balanced when practicing Parsvottanasana or Virabhadrasana I, start in Tadasana and step one leg back into the pose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring the back leg hip forward to keep both sides of the sacrum evenly broad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practice the pose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Experience the pose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did you learn?</div><!--EndFragment-->Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529853146096269756.post-1933481990608880142011-01-02T04:31:00.000-08:002011-01-02T04:31:02.501-08:00My Arrival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmFrmhdv6P0NE1YqSF8sOHp7C4QfPdgDAkoRIGbyxOPIFZu4mIbeaZcCavfI59KJIFCTBEW4_7SloaffNlbMh08DYfOGdtLHpc3Hi3QonPyVdXYg0_s1-BpxZvM928CIuArPaOPP4/s1600/CIMG0089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmFrmhdv6P0NE1YqSF8sOHp7C4QfPdgDAkoRIGbyxOPIFZu4mIbeaZcCavfI59KJIFCTBEW4_7SloaffNlbMh08DYfOGdtLHpc3Hi3QonPyVdXYg0_s1-BpxZvM928CIuArPaOPP4/s320/CIMG0089.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">The Institute’s sign makes my heart do a little flutter, just as it did when I saw it for the first time almost 30 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It means arrival at the source of our tradition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It presents both promise and possibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never know <b>exactly</b> why I come, but try to stay open to receiving whatever it is.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">It's easy to get all tied up in knots while packing for a trip that takes you half way around the world.</div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16819591883044731130noreply@blogger.com4