True Tales

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 Peace Prayer Day started with an outstanding Bhangara performance by the Izzat da Punjab troupe. They made it look so easy and soooo fun. I took Ravi Kaur’s bhangara class on the last Friday of solstice. Let it suffice to say that I will stick to watching. I am so much better at rocking out!!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above are tantric warm ups.  Below a shot of the tantric shelter, which is  now twice its original size. The first day of tantric there were 1340  participants, completely filling the tantric shelter (squeezed together). It looks like we will have to add another extension. I’m not quite sure what we will do with continued expansion and suppose  we will have to start expanding  the shelter’s width as well?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my daughter Sat Amrit and her partner for the day, Hargobind.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walking around during the lunch break on the second day of tantric, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and peace of those napping. I took so many pictures of sleeping people, most of whom I do not even know. Here are some of my favorites.

 

 

 

 

The final day of tantric included the Blind Walk. After the last exercise there was a brief thunder shower and the sky was full of brilliant sunlight contrasting with heavy dark clouds ready to burst. During the walk, it did rain for a few minutes, even though it was completely sunny. Looking out across the healing circle area, a vast rainbow stretched across the sky, completely visible from end to end. By the time I located a piece of it in my camera’s viewer, it had nearly faded away. I kind of went crazy taking photos of the blind walk too. I hope you enjoy these pics. It was just about the most unorthodox blind walk I’d ever seen… One line had at least 20 people in it (supposed to be 11). Another line, toward the end of the hour, rather than walking stood in a fully connected circle facing each other, and in the most angelic and harmonizing voices chanted Wahe Guru in unison. They are toward the end of the blind walk photos. So much light!!!!

 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

The blind walk came to an end, and all the lines (with 11 people in a line, there were probably around 80 or more lines) assembled outside the tantric shelter. Within a few minutes, we were all back on our mats, ready to listen to the Siri Singh Sahib’s last words for the course. Then… the dancing began. This was around 7 pm, and it continued for almost 4 hours.

 

 

 

 

 

That’s Hari Karm Kaur and me just above, and on the right are Mahani and her quite happy and precious little daughter.

During the walk, watermelon was served (as it was nearly all the time, except during tantric exercises). I think I ate close to a watermelon a day. It never tastes as good as it does at Summer Solstice! I imagine that with a total of 1600 people at the site, we went through 4-5 tons of watermelon. I would be interested to know the actual number! Here is Siri Vishnu Singh enjoying his melon. 

 

 

 

 

These pics are post-blind walk, and then the after tantric dancing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Kewal Kaur and Bhagwant Singh from L.A. (along with their two friends) hands down had the best and most popular booth in the tantric bazaar (at least in my book!). Selling all organic and all raw amazingly prana-filled and delicious salads, treats, hemp iced smoothies, green coconuts…. Mmmm. The bazaar and Yogi Tea cafe were alive and vibrant every night after tantric. A festive and heart-centered atmosphere permeated everywhere.

There are so many things I did not take pics of, but I hope that you enjoy all these. Please feel free to add your comments about solstice, and also if you had an experience you would like to share, email it to me and we will love to get these posted.

 love and light to all

svk