The lovely enlightened people who come to Ananda Ashram

I shared many tears and laughter with a yogini so opened up by being at Ananda Ashram this past weekend that she couldn't quite understand what was going on. And another yoga student, Michelle Garcia, told me that an an article she wrote about finding peace and clarity in El Salvador would be coming up in June's Yoga Journal, and lo and behold, I opened the magazine to find it just now. "Salavadoran Sanctuary," starts with Michelle explaining her desire to release "the lump" of muscle that had "hardened into a series of knots, like rosary beads" in her left shoulder. This led her into an exploration into her own body and asking herself why she was pushing herself so hard. Get June's issue of the magazine to read more. It's really a wonderful story of healing through yoga in a country ravaged by a 12-year civil war.

I love the magical yogis and yoginis who come to Ananda Ashram - fabulous beings of light who are searching so deep within themselves to find bliss. It's intriguing because I have the supremely funny task of putting together marketing materials to bring people to the Ashram (and to get information disseminated about the sweet darling place), many, many reasons for marketing and its potency. But I was laughing with Yehnemsah about having my target demographic as the yogis meditating in caves in the Himalayas or Tirunvamalai. Come to Ananda Ashram, my darling meditative friends all over the world tucked away in your little caves :-) Would they respond to a postcard?

Probably not, but yoginis and yogis who read Yoga Journal just might. It's nice to know that those who write for the magazine certainly do come and find a breath of fresh, blissful air just an hour outside of NYC at the meditative sanctuary I call home. And it's nice to know that many of them have "EMOTIONS and FEEEEEEELings" they express in many delightful ways.