Annapurna Pilgrimage

Below is a message from my great friend Kajedo, my first meditation teacher, and second T'ai Chi Teacher (he studied with the Kobayashis who were students of Dr Chi). He has been guiding groups walking in Nepal Himalaya for almost 30 years. I was booked to go with him in 2000, but a back injury prevented this, yet led to me finding The T'ai Chi Centre, which is another story... If you have ever wanted to trek in these high mountains and spend time with people who are also 'on the path', then get in touch and I will pass your email on to Kajedo. He doesn't have a website, and works outdoors managing the hinterland at Findhorn community, which means he manages trees, protects wildlife and land, learns about the hundreds of rare lichens there, takes people out into nature, built a wild camping site to protect other at-risk sites from damage, teaches meditation and T'ai Chi...

'Walking on the roof of the world...

A pilgrimage....

     From Mid February to mid March 2019 I will be walking amongst the highest mountains of the world again- in the Annapurna range of the Nepalese Himalayas... Yes, I have done this so many times before - but it is calling me back again. One of the most beautiful mountain walks on our planet - the constantly changing landscapes - we'll fly from subtropical Pokhara into the mountains - lower Mustang, close to the Tibetan border... and we'll walk through that mountain desert country to Muktinath - a sacred town for Buddhist and Hindus - at over 3000m altitude - a day of stunning close-up views on the white tops of the mountains... We'll descend through pine forests and rice paddies, climb up again through Rhododendron forest - which, with any luck should be flowering by then... Annapurna Sanctuary at over 4000m altitude will be the highest point of our journey.

     Our ups and downs of our trek are the ups and downs of our life... It is as much an inner journey as an outer one... We practice non-attachment as we keep moving from place to place... mindfulness of our body and breath comes naturally when walking those trails for hours... And we allow the mountains to teach us about serenity, and the people of Nepal about what might be important in life.... A journey to get perspective on our lives... I'm putting this out now to see if anybody feels the call to join me. If you are interested, have questions or feel the call be part of this sacred journey - Let me know...'

Annapurna image from mountainkingdoms.com