NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

My trip and my new project

Perhaps you were aware that I have been away for a few months. Following a strong urge to have a sort of a briefing with myself, I decided to separate for a while from my familiar settings and to find some answers within myself. I took time to do nothing (and believe me that was the hardest thing to do!!) to sleep in, to relax, to enjoy being with others no sense of rush. I have experienced the deep peace and the pure energy of the wild nature and I have spent more time with myself than I ever did in my entire life. Although not once I have been chased by anxious thoughts, or some sort of guilt feelings of not doing anything, and even by feelings of loneliness, I can say that overall the sense of aliveness and completeness has prevailed and became stronger than before.

My inner life was more to the surface and easier to observe. I have given myself the luxury to explore past memories, hidden someplace in my soul, to be again a child, to go back to my teenage dreams, to regret past love relationships, to observe from a more objective perspective my relationship with others, and generally my relationship with myself and the world. I have allowed myself to cry, to laugh, to integrate the sorrow and the joy of the past into the person I am now. But mostly I have given myself the permission to ENJOY everything that life is about. This marvelous, almost magical experience of being ALIVE, being able to experience Life in the simple actions like walking, breathing, eating, being in the company of loved ones. I have meditated and reflected on Love, the key subject of this trip, and both my heart and my mind opened to a larger perception of what Love is all about.

I can see now that the best gift one can offer oneself once in a while, when time is right, is to disconnect for a while. Taking some time off, a week, a month, a year is the best thing that we can do for ourselves, for then new opportunities present, old and useless habits can be observed more clearly and eventually broken and the body and the mind get to regenerate, rest and heal..If there was an advice I would dare to give now, it would be to have savings aside so we can afford taking off one year without depending on anybody..

Presently I am in the South of France where I simply fell in love with the region, the wild nature and the wonderful climate and decided with my husband to give ourselves some time to create an Ayurveda center over here. For this reason, I will not be back in Montreal this fall to resume my activities. Ayurveda Montreal will continue to exist; for the ayurvedic massage (Abhyanga) and Shirodhara, my partner Danielle Morin, who was trained with me will be able to serve you. She offers these procedures at her center in Laval,620 Blv Thousand Islands, H7J1E4, Auteuil. She can be reached at

d2morin@yahoo.ca and (514) 655-3205.

Also, I plan to organize a training (one theoretical part by correspondence followed by an internship in France) for those interested to continue the mission to share this wonderful knowledge and work under Ayurveda Montreal. More details about this will be updated on the website shortly.

For those of you who want to stay in touch with me, I can be reached at info@ayurvedafrance.com. My future website for Ayurveda in France http://www.ayurvedafrance.com/ is now under construction ...

We will be located in La Livinière, a very pitoresque village in the South of France. If you are interested to have a few days retreat or simply spend a couple of days with us, let us know in advance so we can reserve the dates..

Om Narayanaya Namaha, Om YogaDevyai Namaha, Om Sri Bhagavan Dhanvantaraye Namaha, OM!