Pranams and Infinite Blessings
Namaste'......
Deva has infinite gratitude for her many guides and teachers upon the yogic path......
Boundless love for Mom, Dorothy, my first yoga teacher, for illuminating the path. And Dad, who gives selflessly from his immense heartspace.
Eternal gratitude to shaktiful Shiva Rea, for her grace-full embodiment of Prana Yoga; Eric Schiffman, who opened the floodgates of yogic remembering; Joseph LePage, the yogi's version of Patch Adams; Scott Blossom, who talks it and walks it; Gurumukh, for igniting the "kundalini kid"; Drunvalo, who tempered the shaktipat experience---"it will only last for two weeks" (and I survived); Tom Kenyon, the quintessential nada yogi, joking the mystical language of sound; Babaji Hari Dass, for silent embodiment of Truth; Paramahansa Yogananda for holding my hand and heart when I've needed it most; Gurumayi Chidvilisananda and Ammachi, The Divine Mother embodied---my deepest awe; Krishnamacharya, Iyengar, and Pattahbi Jois, for carrying the lineage; Swami Radha, who built a Temple of Light my back yard; Jai Uttal, a yogi boy in a God's voice; Jai Govinda, who tore my heart open with his dance; Louisa Sear of YogaArts, who held a tough space during the Bali bombings, 2002; Nateshvar, for coming out of his cave to dance for the world; Maureen Jansma, a queen of renewal; MJ and Jenna Arpita---who held the Shanti space so tirelessly; Nava, my dear, yogic friend, devoted to selfless service; her Mom Robin, who knew how to raise 'em, thank Goddess; Eroca, for holding the planetary torch up high from Peru; Myra, riding her dragon called "Shakti"; Laurie Roth, friend and psychic psychotherapist; Jessica M, an angel who appeared to support me; Adham Shaikh, beaming nada brahma to the planet; Kim & all at CDRD who've supported our program over the years; Mack and Rolf at Hall Printing for their endless graphic wisdom; all the teachers who illuminated The Yoga Schoolhouse; beloved Brendan, Jasmine and baby "Buddhaman" Conor, my dearest family; all the students, who, through you, I never cease to learn; the higher plane masters for opening the door for the rest of us; the yoga tribes around the globe, who are seeding the new consciousness, bringing peace, love, and a new world, THROUGH US!!!
