We are now in the Himalaya and will be here for two months. Above is a picture taken from our hotel room balcony in Vashisth (2000 Meters), the starting point of our Himalayan journey. There is a shrine here to the sage Vashistha to whom is attributed a very important text called ‘The Yoga Vashistha’. The shrine is built around hot springs and there are separate bathing pools for men and women. Nearby there are walks to streams, waterfalls, alpine forests and mountains. We will be in Vashisth for about 3 weeks before we head off to higher altitudes.

For a reading from The Yoga Vashistha go to deepyoga.ca >> Ayurveda-Yoga-Tantra >> Yoga Vashistha: Freedom and Prana.

From Vashisth, we will be going to Spiti, which is the Tibetan plateau on the India side of the India-Tibet border. After touring there in a 4WD vehicle for 3 weeks, we will head to the Parvati Valley, a cedar forest along the banks of the Parvati river.