We arrived to Narayola, just outside Ponferrada in the Bierzo area in the northwest of Spain along the camino de Santiago, very excited to start our Spanish tour! Dear and beautiful friends: jose and eva, and their kids alvaro, cris and rodrigo... were waiting with open arms.I met Eva in Goa in January, at Akash’s Gurdjieff movements workshop and we instantly clicked. She was due to fly back to Spain after the workshop, which she did, but within a couple of weeks she was back in Goa with Cris and Rodrigo, had rented a house close to the beach, was signed up for more Gurdjieff workshops and Jose was expected within weeks. She had no doubt that that is where she needed to be, and where she and her family would thrive, and she wasted no time in returning! I met the rest of the family when they came up north, to Mcleodganj in May, and Nisarga met them there too. It was like we had all been friends for years. And it’s like that still. We’ve so been looking forward to seeing them again, their energy challenges you and moves you, and as a family they inspire us.
Its almost like a Shangrila here, as Eva jokes. or maybe like a hotel California... you can check in but you can never check out! Actually, we just don’t want to! Time passes without us noticing. We flow and find ourselves quite at peace. We cook, hang out, a bit of yoga, a bit of reiki, a bit of massage.
Among the things that we adore about being here: all the love they shower us with, the fresh village air, the mountains that surround this valley, the roses in the garden in full bloom, the beautiful flowers everywhere, the vineyards which stretch out as far as the eye can see in ever
y direction, the rivers, the churches, the picturesque towns that are dotted across the hills and valleys, the deliciously fresh octopus, the organic wine, the chestnut trees that are so big you could live in them, Jose screaming Nissio all the time and the noises he makes which are meant for horses but are aimed at the dogs, blenda the miracle dog who has lived way past her expected years – a lady of grace and patience and love, Cris’s hospitality in giving up her room – which comes with a double bed AND a massage table AND a massage from her!,... just to name a few...http://picasaweb.google.com/nisargaanddeepa/ComoEnCasaEnNarayola?authkey=Y6fkr4pKqAI#
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