Namaste. This is a parting blessing, a salutation, that most yoga teachers will use to close a class. It translates to something like the divine in me bows to the divine in you. It goes a bit beyond the traditional good luck and good bye that we offer students, especially those who are graduating at the end of the year. It acknowledges that the time we spent together is part of a greater whole that makes up the journey of our lives. Moreover, it acknowledges how in life we all bear the responsibility of being the teacher and the student in all our interactions with others. Thus, this best captures the thanks I want to offer this class. Each class has a unique class personality and this one was blessed with kind, considerate, and thoughtful people. I appreciate all your work and am sincerely confident and hopeful each of you will move on into the 'adult world' with grace and success. It will be tough, you will make mistakes, but know that each of you have the integrity and wisdom in yourself to do accomplish your goals. It may not be clear what this is, but if you just wait, fast, and think, it will become clear.
This blog will stay active as long as blogger exists as a free service. Feel free to use it as a way to let each other (and me) know how you are doing in whatever you are pursuing -- work, school, travel, etc. Eventually, you will move into new lives and communities and may lose touch, but during that transition, this could be a place to find advice or to brag about successes.
Namaste.
