Some of the highlights were an all camp meditation, where everyone sits around a lake and makes prayers for peace. We were enchanted by Mirabai’s music and really kind words from Satya Singh from Germany.
My favorite yoga teacher Guru Dev teaches some of his best classes at the festival. I got to set up the spirit voyage booth next to karta singh from France who has an vibrant ashram in the south of France.
Yoga in Russia seems to have taken off as well. It was fascinating to meet people living in a rapidly changing country who approach yoga as a catalyst for social change. I once attended a debate between sri sri ravi shankar from the art of living and a famous Hindi actor. Here was a quote ” If Marx proclaimed religion the opiate of the masses. I say yoga is the opiate of the rich.”
Many of the attendees are very much into what seemed like numerology to me but from the teachings of Karam Kriya. I was informed that America represents Number 3 to which I was clearly shocked. How can america be anything but number 1!!” I had a colbert moment.
Of course my european comrades had good fun with “my typical americanness”. Upon deeper inquiry they explained in the karam kriya school numbers are assigned to all types of categories and countries can be one of them. So naturally the “3″ would represent the positive mind and optimism but potentially over confidence and arrogance, in this system. We have a couple books on numerology that are good intros but I think this school goes into much further depth. Check it out here
Here are some of pictures from the festival
Sada Sat Kaur who recorded Angel’s Waltz and Shashara is sooo cool & sweet. Her next album will hopefully be out in 2009. Fingers crossed 
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- yoga festival chateau
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- Acro Yoga
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- benjamin flying
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- nirinjan kaur and Jerome
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- Ravi dancing Bhangra
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- siri om and harg
hargobind
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