🌳🧘‍♀️🌍 Yoga Travels With Us — But It Also Teaches Us How To Travel.

I previously posted about Tree Pose and how it reminds me to stay grounded while remaining open to the world around me.

One oh the five Yamas is -- Ahimsa — non-harming, compassion —it invites us to move gently through new cultures: to respect local customs, people, environments and wildlife, and to approach what is unfamiliar with curiosity rather than judgement.

Patanjali offers another beautiful teaching in Yoga Sutra 1.33: for others to -- cultivate friendliness, compassion, appreciation and equanimity in our interactions with others.

Perhaps this is one of the gifts of travel — learning to pause, listen and meet people where they are.

Meet Muhammad, our driver and guide. We have five days together as we explore the villages in the Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert. It has been a wonderful experience connecting with him and learning about each other. He wanted to try out some poses when we stopped for photos at the beautiful Ziz Gorge.

Stay rooted. Stay curious. Lead with kindness.