In the Chinese alphabet, the letter that represents the word awareness translates to "Present Heart" and that is exactly the word that I add as a spice to my yoga retreats.<\/p>\n
A present heart includes within itself the quality of warmth, openness, tenderness and acceptance.<\/p>\n
And the group proved it and defended it. With all my heart!<\/p>\n
This time the group was international. We had participants from Australia, England, Switzerland and of course Macedonia. So we took them to Stobi and to Prilep and the Archangel Michael monastery.<\/p>\n
The classes and sessions flowed one after the other, and the participants attended them wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n
We had yoga sessions, yoga nidra, we practiced with a stick, but we also had wrestling games around Krushevo that gave us laughter and joy, along with burning some muscles \ud83d\ude0a.<\/p>\n
In the daily activities, we solved tasks and hiked. We looked for artisans, old forgotten customs, old houses and many monuments. We even participated in making ajvar and brandy.<\/p>\n
Plus, the icing on the day was the visit to the old Krushev house, of aunt Norka and uncle Tosho, who opened the doors of their modest home to us and welcomed us into it. It can be said that we "stirred up" the energy in the house, because we went everywhere and tried everything they had prepared at home.<\/p>\n
We were all reminded that whenever we are in touch with the kindness of the people around us, we appreciate the life and beauty around us much more.<\/p>\n
Well, on behalf of all the participants, I can tell you that "I am happy that I am very happy" for this experience \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n
And about this yoga retreat, they said:<\/p>\n
"Bibi made the biggest impression on me during the walk to Mechkin Kamen when he did the same meditatively through the techniques of silence and paying attention to the sounds around us and the colors. If he hadn't put us in such order, we would have been humming each other, thus wasting our energy unaware of the nature around us. Personally, it reminded me of the "techniques" from Castaneda - walking with closed palms, so as not to waste energy, which I always practiced on such occasions." "I had a great time, the walk in silence left the most impression on me, the workshop with secret items and the workshop with excellence"<\/p>\n
Until the next active vacation, be healthy and happy.<\/p>\n
Biljana Pesheva<\/p>\n