Saturday, April 03, 2010

In the cherry blossoms' shade. There is no such thing as a stranger

and that was certainly the case at today's Cherry Blossom festival - YOGA event. Right there on the national mall hoards of yogi's showed up for a once a year opportunity to do yoga outside, under the cherry blossoms (well not really, but...), and en mass. I personally LOVE huge yoga classes and i LOVE LOVE outdoor yoga so this was a super duper treat.

The day started out gray gray much like last weekend and I wasn't super duper motivated to deal with cherry blossom 'mainstream' folks. BUT pete-a-lee assured me he was feeling the parking karma and promised to drop G & I off close and meet up with us. We skirted traffic as only a (quasi) local can and i was pleasantly surprised by the ease. Peter found a parking spot RIGHT in front of the white house. No, like right right in front. It could not have been a better spot. But like my mom said...only an IDIOT would drive downtown during the cherry blossom festival :P
There was live music and incense (from somewhere) and the vibe was dreamy. And of course, G participated like only a 3 year old can.

The sun finally came out - we all have happy rosy cheeks. We ultimately loved every minute of it.

namaste,
the alcantarians

3 comments:

my little secret for you said...

aaw so cute girl i really see that she have fun.. really nice blog i must say :)

Stargirl said...

What part of the world is this in?
I am a beginner to yoga, been doing it since Jan 2010. I absolutely love it and practice at least 3 times a week.
I would love to do it outside, as you said. Your setting looks wounderful! incense! wow! Sounds perfect!
Stargirl
http://averagetwenty-something.blogspot.com

jenn said...

hi stargirl - its in Washington DC, U.S. and yes - it was super dreamy. if only every class was as awesome.