“Now’s my opportunity to experience Diane’s style of yoga,” was my thought when I was invited to an Earth Day-Full Moon Evening Retreat featuring Ayurveda, Diane’s yoga, and meditation. I participated in the retreat and enjoyed the experience so I am taking this opportunity to introduce you to Diane!
There is nothing like doing yoga with the sounds of waves continuously crashing into the shore. Diane has a lot of yoga sessions on the beach but today we were oceanfront but inside a large room with open access to the outside and the sounds. “Reconnect and receive all celestial gifts—chakras of fire, water and space—let go of that which does not serve you,” was Diane’s opening. Knowledge of a full moon present with us but above the clouds on a raining evening helped us to transition from winter to spring. In a healthful way we are letting go of our past, breathing in energy to support our future. I love that phrase “let go of that which does not serve you” and personally add “does not serve you and God.” Life becomes simple when we are doing God’s Will instead of following our own Silly Ego.
I became fully present. I heard Diane’s reassuring voice amidst the ocean’s own watery breaths. My mind had returned to his natural life and was filled with only inspirational thoughts. My sight, my drishti was beyond the balcony, towards the hazy dark water horizon. My taste and smell were only lingering remnants of Shivani’s Ayurvedic and Natural Remedies. My touch was through my feet. Normally I was a stately oak tree close to and reaching towards the heavens on my hometown mountain property but today I was a palm tree in concert with my beach surrounding, wavering a bit in the stormy night but firmly planted to withstand any hurricane that happens to come through my life. This disturbance, any disturbance in life, too will pass. I will pass on as well in Ultimate Love with peace, joy and freedom in life and beyond.
Full moon or no moon at all, a yoga session with Diane is a restorative and energy reclaiming experience…
Diane leading her full moon yoga session on Earth Day! Photo Credit: Iris La Belle.
An Earth Day-Full Moon Evening Retreat with Ragda McAfee (Left- Meditation), Diane O’Donoghue (Center-Yoga) and Shivani Gupta (Right-Ayurvedic & Natural Remedies) was a transformational experience! Photo Credit: Iris Labelle
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