tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6529644.post-63837452399479632782008-04-07T21:29:00.002-06:002008-04-07T21:36:50.241-06:00india. birthplace of yoga, world capital of spirituality. i have longed to visit india for many years, and this summer it finally seems to be materializing. i am planning a trip to north india, to stay at an ashram and study and practice yoga for 4-6 weeks. i am eyeing a city called rishikesh, which is near the foothills of the himalayas, on the banks of the ganges river. there are a number of yoga ashrams there which i am researching and contacting. in late june, i will be flying into new delhi and then traveling by train or taxi through the noisy confusion of a foreign land. i am considering flying out of boston instead of austin and spending a few days there before heading east. (tommy..?) <br /><br />i could not be more excited. it will be a pilgrimage, for sure. the goal: to study authentic yoga. though i certainly entertain notions of romanticized spiritualism pervading the very air of the country, i know that 'the only zen one finds on a mountain is the zen one brings up there.' it's not where you are but who you aren't. <br /><br />p.s. if you have been to northern india, or to india at all, and have tips for the weary traveler, please do share them!Michellenoreply@blogger.com