Faces of India

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> I've been in northern India for about 5 weeks now. It's been quite a ride like no other. There's been endless occasions for me to test and put my yogic beliefs into practice! Beginning with the chaos that practically slapped and deafened me in New Delhi, where I constantly reminded myself to breathe, not only to practice pranayam, but to take in as little pollution as possible! In Srinagar, it was absolutely beguiling to distinguish between warm and kind attitudes from the under current bamboozling brewing in the air. Then having to keep my faith that the universe has this all in flux for some reason. In India, I have learned, sometimes the hard way, whatever goes! There are no hard rules to really go by, even in this little town of Rajpur, Dehradun where I'm writing from. I walk the small, dusty streets daily with the cows, dogs and motor vehicles. In Rishikesh, my tuk-tuk rides to the Yoga Study Center costs anywhere between 10 - 50 rupees, depending on what the driver feels like at the moment. Swati Chanchani, my yoga teacher this morning exclaimed how she thinks she lives in a different universe each time she returns from her visits to western countries, and I have to agree!
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> The one constant I've found is how fascinating and colorful the people are, and I hope I've managed to capture some of that in these pictures! More importantly, I hope they'll transfer through the wi-fi in Chaya cafe down the street!
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