So many blankets collected for donation!

Our Blankets for  Compassion event that was on Nov. 9th was more than just a wonderful, successful event that received many donated new and used blankets for the CRC and Rancho Coastal.  It was a day to remember!

Now how often does it rain in San Diego?  Boy, Mother Earth sure got a wonderful drink that Saturday! The tarp was laid in the parking lot for yoga, Sequoia Neptune was setting up for Kirtan, food was layed out   - and the sky let loose!

At first our hearts were heavy. Our team here had invisioned this day of many people coming and sharing a day of giving and a day of receiving. Giving blankets to those in need and in return receiving  the gifts of yoga from Kathleen Bentley, the angelic voice of Sequioa Neptune and  the communal sharing of wonderful people.

As the “rain shock” started wearing off and we started looking at the day to be what it was meant to be (and laughing alot!), things so shifted! People started arriving. Some just to drop off blankets to donate and others had blankets in one hand, yoga mats in another. Everyone was asking to help or just there for support.  It was beautiful.

Then our gracious friends at the Soul of Yoga, 5 doors down from our office, opened up their space to us and we moved the event down there.  Kathleen lead a wonderful yoga practice, we enjoyed some food and ended the morning with beautiful Kirtan with Sequioa!

That day was very special to us - it was a day of exposing some practice members to the beautiful lifestyle of yoga and Kirtan. And it was a day of trusting in the universe that everything was for a reason! The practice members, and friends they brought, that did come out in the rain to share yoga and Kirtan with us were exactly who was suppose to be there at that moment. And all the people that dropped blankets off in the office, in the rain, that day (while we were down at the Soul of Yoga) had their hearts open and we know that they also received the beautiful gifts that we were albe to that day.

Going with the flow….you never know what joys it may bring. It was a special lesson to us to keep remembering  to look at every situation in the beautiful light that it is. And we are so thankful to everyone that shared that day with us, or donated their time, energy, and manual labor (you know who you are!), or space (Soul of Yoga) and made it a very successful event to help so many in need. Love and blessings to you all.

Namaste