Toronto, Ontario
Body and Soul
Karuna and I walked to Christie Pitts. It’s actually a partially-sunken park with baseball diamonds. Our reason for this destination was for more of that celebration of sound. This time it wasn’t just two or three of us chanting on the grass. We attracted two dozen or more chanters who brought with them refreshments. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByLNgFTg74H/?igshid=12q2agv7tvgfm
It was Adi Kurma, who was most generous with his delivery of bubble tea, a combination of mango and peach, from what I could detect. The drink is a flavourful sugar tonic of sorts, however the true sweetness arose from the mantra itself.
Dhira Grahi is an enchanting singer. He pumps out these irresistible tunes over-top of his harmonium playing. Passersby took interest in the instrument.
For an hour and a half, the group of us, monks, and families with children, delighted in the outdoor just-perfect activity. Then with Billy’s smartness, he arranged for some indoor dynamics as well. The “House of Yoga” located on Bloor Street, welcomed us to their studio for more of the same.
I think we were quite sugared-up from the thick and rich bubble tea, if not charged-up by the drums and enthusiasm of our own. For me, it was Friday night ecstasy.
By 9:00 p.m., all was over, and I told Billy, the organizer, that I could walk back to the ashram. By doing so I would catch that better sleep. It is difficult, frankly, to be a good yogi, without proper rest. “Not too much nor too little” is the indication from Chapter Six of the Gita. Our guru offered that suggestion in regard to doing what keeps body and soul together.
May the Source be with you!
7 km
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