*the sum has been updated from 3,333$ (TTC fee + gofundme fee) to 3,999$ as some of you Angels don't want me to sleep in the tent and eat only papaya. This update won't be posted on social media as it is a variable cost, not a must to attend the course.

I am blessing you all with the number 3999.

Thank you for allowing me to be here on this journey.

dAs OhaM

Basia

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Dear Family and Friends,

Here I am, reaching out to you to help me pursue my heart's calling to participate in Hridaya Teacher Training Course in Mexico.

As some of you know, I spent last year living and working as a volunteer at Hridaya Yoga School in Mazunte, Mexico. I spent countless hours in the kitchen cooking with love for the community and students as part of my selfless service (also called karma yoga which is the yoga of action; making your daily activities as an offering, without expectations and detached from its fruits).

Here, with over 300 pierogis (polish-filled dumplings) for the Christmas celebration with the loving community at Hridaya Yoga in Mazunte. ❤️

I loved yoga long before, but I never quite understood its real essence, which now I know is beyond any exercises, flexibility, poses, breathing techniques or religion. In Sanskrit, the word yoga means union. Thus, yoga is a practice of union between the body of the individual being and their spiritual heart. The further I go in meditation, yoga and silent retreats, the more I am quieting the mind and rediscovering the heart. Before, I could never imagine a single day spent in total silence. After attending several silent retreats, I fell in love with the authentic sound of silence and perceive it together with meditation as medicine for calming down the loud mind some of us may have. :)

The whole year spent at the school was the most soul-purifying experience that gracefully happened to my being. It opened my heart to a community of beautiful humans where everybody could be just themselves (such a luxury these days), simple, honest, authentic, with flaws and all. I felt safe to express myself, just as a simple, barefoot, messy, sometimes emotional, vulnerable, deeply conditioned - just beautiful. My planning mind was terrified as I wasn't feeling perfect in my head. But the continuous practice (hours of headstands), surrendering, meditations and silent retreats connected me with the peace in my heart and again, trusting the universe for taking care of me. The ancient teachings of the saints brought a resonating perspective and opened me to the interconnected nature of the universe and perfection in its' all forms! I could finally let go... Just be here and now. I see what a blessing it is now, typing my heart out to you. Here and now. Lovingly sending my energy through words to you :)

My mom always wanted me to become a teacher, as half of my family, from my grandpa, through aunties, my sister and mom herself, are teachers. Well, I have suppressed this thought for a long time as I did not feel the call to do so until I came to Hridaya Yoga School...

"Whatever the way that leads you most frequently to awareness of God - follow that way."

Meister Eckhart, German Christian mystic

God has always been present in my life. My dear mom took a 300km (187miles) long pilgrimage with me in her belly (so I blame it all on Her :). Moving fast forward from 1990 to 2020: directly after accomplishing my Master's Degree in Germany, COVID chaos hit, so I packed my little car and moved back home to my parents. I spent the lockdown year 2020 at home, or in the kitchen, to be more precise, taking care of my family as a Karma Yogi and sharing my loving energy with them. What a blessing! Using the opportunity of the world slowing down, I undertook prolonged water fasts, which have helped me tune into the frequency of my heart and follow the subtle voice within. Doing it all intuitively, I found myself immersed in cold water meditations.

Long story short, the same year, I (who am I) decided to spend my upcoming 30th birthday differently than before, so I signed up for 3-weeks long Hridaya Yoga Course and decided to leave Poland for Mexico. And this is where my canceled flight back home, numerous universal synchronicities, upcoming experiences, being accepted to my first 10-day silent retreat (that I felt was finally ready to face), living in a loving community of like-minded people, working on myself, and detaching from my own mind's programs and limitations have lead to a natural call to deepen my knowledge and my practice. The aspiration to become a yoga teacher started to sprout there.

I intend to share whatever blessings I may receive through this teacher's course, to share in grace the radiating love and light that shine through and help all beings open to the incredible light of their own being, looking for truth and discovering God alongside with them.

I am aware that it is a lot of money I am fundraising. The sum is significant, the time is short, but the faith is strong. All the donations go to Hridaya, a non-profit yoga school to pay the fee for attending Hridaya Teacher Training Course. *The fee does not include food and housing, for which I am still working.

I'm already grateful to my beloved friends and family, who know my still existing "crippling inner pride and doubt," for encouraging me to create this fundraising. After talking to my dearest friend recently, we both agreed that knowing how much joy it brings us to help others in need - why not give this opportunity to others too? It is all about opening our hearts as we all walk each other home. After all, it's all Grace.

Any little help is deeply appreciated.

P.S. Happy new moon in Leo!

Namaste

Basia