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Administrator — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:45:36 +0000

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Originally uploaded by yogihimatsingh

Just testing to see how this will look using flickr’s “blog this” feature.

More soon.

“It’s been a long time…”

Administrator — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:04:07 +0000

I am sorry to report that I have been somewhat neglect in posting in the last year. I entered a Masters program in Sustainable Architecture at University of Oregon and I am working pretty much 7 days a week on that right now. I have also been researching ways to streamline the uploading of content so that my posts will not take me as long…especially when posting photos which is the method I will be moving towards in the future because you know what they say…”a picture is worth a thousand words!’

I am off to see the movie The Fall at the Bijou (a local theater here) but more soon-and pictures from our latest trip to San Francisco.

Outside in…

Administrator — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:26:12 +0000

I have the great privilege to be affiliated with a group of yoga teachers that call themselves Street Yoga, and this relationship has afforded me the opportunity to teach and share yoga with homeless youth…youth living on the streets. I have been teaching with Street Yoga for about 2 years now and have had some incredible experiences. Last weekend was definitely unique. As I prepared for this class, I was just thinking through a few things I would talk about…I like to ask the kids questions to keep them engaged and to hear them express themselves…it is amazing to hear them share in an environment where they feel safe.

So I figured I would ask them about life…you know like why they think we are here and that sort of thing. I had this whole thing prepared, how I was going to mention that “if” is the middle word in “life” and that we all have choice and this happens “if” we chose this, and that happens “if” we choose that.

Anyway I show up to Outside In (See photos in Flickr to the right…),to the room where we teach and all of the youth are sitting there on their mats in easy pose with legs crossed in a meditative posture ready to “tune in” and start class! Now let me tell you that in my experience teaching yoga, even adults, this has never happened…there are always questions and outbursts…people taking forever to get settled, but there they were! I would like to think that Street Yoga teaching there for years is really having a positive effect on the energy there, but that’s neither here nor there.

So we start the class. I lead a few warm ups to get everybody loosened up and a few different breath exercises to get the mind open and aware and then I ask the question, I say something like, “So today I thought we would get into a topic that is real and relevant to all of us…what the hell are we doing here? What about this thing called life?”

I was blown away with their answers! So deep, so profound…yet very simple, and clear.

One boy said, “I think we are here to learn a lesson…we have been sent here to this life time to learn something.”

And I asked, “What about to teach.”

And he said, “Oh yes, yes that too. Once we learn what we are to learn, then we teach others so that they can learn what we learned.”

The collective consciousness continues to grow and evolve…everywhere people are becoming more aware of why we are here…it is very inspiring.

I know I learned a lot that day.

Our trip back from Summer Solstice in NM…

Administrator — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:48:26 +0000

I have been meaning to post a few pictures from our road trip back from Summer Solstice in New Mexico and am finally getting to it now. We found an amazing place to stay for a few nights that was exactly what we were looking for.

I had a brutal (very intensive)work project that needed to be completed by July 3 and Hari Rai was acclimating back into everyday life after a pretty intense Summer Solstice. For those of you who don’t know what I am talking about when I mention Summer Solstice, go here: http://www.3ho.org/events/yoga-retreat2.html to find out more…
Anyway…I wanted to find a place where we could hide out for a few days to work and relax and was able to find a motel that was designed and built by John Lautner (an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wrights) and it worked out perfectly. The added bonus was that the owner also has a place called the Beat Hotel which is only 2 miles away and it has a pool and wireless internet. During the day when it was hot we would hang out there and work and swim.
Check out a few pics:

Here is Hari Rai in the kitchenette…notice how spacious the room looks when in fact it is quite small. The room got an amazing amount of natural light and I really liked the private outdoor garden and patio attached to every room.

Here is me and a closer look at the outdoor garden…check out the clear furniture…it also added to the openness and transparency of the room.

This is a picture of the Lautner or Desert Springs Motel from the outside. Notice how solid and sheltered it looks to handle the desert challenging climate…yet it blends very well with the natural environment with it’s low profile.

And here is a picture of the pool inside of the Beat Hotel which we had all to ourselves for a few days. The water is from a natural spring and is about 80 degrees and does not need any chlorine to keep it clean.

Check out:http://www.dhsbeathotel.com/hotel.html for more info on the Beat Hotel or http://www.lautnermotel.com/ for more info on the Lautner. Have fun!

Snatam Kaur Khalsa in Portland…

Administrator — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:41:45 +0000

The Peace Tour (www.spiritvoyage.com) stopped in Portland this past Friday and gave an amazing concert. My wife Hari Rai and I were blessed to be able to serve and be a part of coordinating and promoting for this very special experience. We were honored to host Karta Kaur at our house who is also on the tour working sound, lights, and is a very talented musician as well.

Here she is set up at her throne behind the sound board.

And my wife Hari Rai Kaur looked so beautiful that night…

And ladies and gentlemen here he comes now, the man of the hour with all that loving power…the creative force behind the scenes bringing everything together so beautifully with attention to every last detail our very own multitalented, budget conscious decorator extraordinaire…Jaspal Singh!

And I will leave you with this wonderful picture that shows what an effect Snatam’s music has with the children of the next generation…

A Khalsa Yogi the morning before his Birthday…

Administrator — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:10:52 +0000

This morning my beautiful, saintly wife served me a cacao chip pancake breakfast in bed…to celebrate the coming of my birthday on July 29^th. I felt like a king! Tonight we will be attending and participating in a 24 hour Chant for peace at a Buddhist monastery (www.greatvow.com). There are a group of us from Portland that will be attending…I will be playing tabla for the 1 hour chant we will be leading at 1:00 AM tomorrow morning.
I have included a couple pictures from this morning’s feast and I will be sure and take a few at the Chant for Peace event tonight….

Administrator — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:31:39 +0000

Here is a group of us on the ferry from the Sunshine coast. I am one over from the left.

How many Khalsa Men can you fit on an elevator?

“I am a Khalsa Man…”

Administrator — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:42:41 +0000

Just got back from an amazing weekend in Canada at the Sunshine Coast. This picture is taken on the ferry between Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. I am on the left, my dharma brother Sat Atma is next to me in the middle and Sat Hanuman is next to him on the far right. There were about 50 men that attended for a weekend of meditation, yoga, chanting, swimming, martial arts, sharing circles, and just bro-ing down. There were great lectures given by a few great spiritual yogi men. We discussed relationships, foods that are good for men, living a dharmic life style, integrating spirituallity into our daily lives, and much, much more.

I made some great contacts with brothers that are working in ecology and sustainablility that I plan to follow up with. I also connected with a life coach named Guru John who Hari Rai (my wife) and I are planning to work with to get things in order for pursuing a Master’s in Organic Architecture at U of O.

More pictures to follow…

Himat

Welcome to a day in the life of…

Administrator — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:27:50 +0000

Well, some how you managed to find me, maybe you would like to see me? Once I figure out how to post a picture with this new blogware I will do so. In the meantime…stay tuned. Check back once a week to see what’s happening. Ok…I think I figured it out already…here we go!!

This is me in front of the Phoenix library. If you have not been there, and have any interest in sustainable architecture you should definately check it out. The woman on my left if Karen Jackson a friend I met at a workshop I took at Taliesin West in Scottsdale Arizona. The woman on my right?…real nice girl from Oaklahoma and uh, oh I can’t remember her name right now.