Serendipity

 

Met this wonderful woman in the flight from Dehradun to Pune yesterday. She needed help with her extra baggage .. and so we got talking .. and never stopped  till we eventually  landed at Pune

She is a Sanskrit,  Meditation and Bharatnatyam teacher at Rishikesh.

Has turned her house into Gurukulam .. for little girls-  a perpetuator of Sanatan Dharma

Holds Garbh Sanskar sessions and prenatal classes and sessions on Arth Shastra ..  translates Sanskrit Yogic texts into English .. now was on her way to Pune to be with her family and hold similar sessions for kids in 2 schools she had adopted in pune

she had worked with Maharashtra CM and with Sadhguru during Save soil days .. through her leadership in RSS ..

Left her high paying job in airlines to find herself .. now lives a frugal minimalistic life in Rishikesh with her husband who is also a Sadhu ..eating one raw and one cooked meal a day .. waking up at 4.30 am .. meditation and japa a regular part of the day .. paying homage to the sun and Gangaji daily .. feeding one cow daily and Indian classical music and bharatnatyam in the evening ..

I gasped at the beauty and simplicity of her life ..

 

She showed me videos and photos of the gurukul at home and the whole setting was beautiful.. dance classes on the terrace against the pristine beauty of Rishikesh .. 

She was radiant and beautiful .. dressed in vivid colours and simple indian attire that was so pleasing to the eyes ...she conducted herself with the grace of a trained dancer ..which she was ... and exuded such power even in her simplicity and with her disarming smile and mesmerizing eyes .  She had a vivacity and an innate life energy , but it was contained and still…  like a burning ember in a lamp that burnt with a soft glow .. I  was in awe of her right at that moment ..
Her voice was unwaveringly melodious and serene. .. she was the epitome of what devi would be like in all her  grace if she took a human form

She was living the life i always dreamt about and you could so decidedly feel how positive her energy was .. only because she had chosen to drive her own life and surrendered to her true self instead of being driven by conditioning and compulsion

Also she was so utterly and joyfully human ..we both were voracious readers ...she'd ravenously read enid blyton, roald dahl, nancy drew ,anne of green gables the various classics .. the way id loved and adored them....oh and we were both swooning over Pride and Prejudice - Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy ...hehe .. how we both so identified with Elizabeth

And once we were on the topic of Harry Potter there was literally no stopping us.. we were literally gushing and rejoicing in HP lingo .. i told her she had hair like Hermione Granger .. vibrant and alive and voluminous .. we promised wed visit a library and read Harry Potter together sometime !

Oh and she wrote poetry .. sweet little snippets that i really loved reading.. and im so glad she found me worthy enough to dive into her " Pensieve"  ..

We discussed the Allopathic versus the Vedic approach to disorders like PCOS Menopausal symptoms Infertility thyroid disorders etc .  I told her how concepts like Intermittent Fasting and gut microbiome were taking the western world by storm ...while these very  concepts and a deep understanding of how the human body functioned were innately ingrained into our culture and formed the basis of Ayurved .. i.e. following the Circadian clock and Panchakarma

She was very interested that we should write something together about how to coalesce the two disciplines making the management of endocrine disorders more wholesome

That way i too would get some insight into her thought and  her way of functioning ..
I felt it such an honour that she thought me worthy enough to write with her and am thrilled at the notion of doing some scientific writing that would  have a different perspective and would truly matter

She also promised to do a session at Max for medical professionals on her approach to health maladies .. where she would bring to light the basic understanding of the human form and the diet of food and thought that decides how we function .. as opposed to Western medicine which at the end of the day is pretty much damage control

I found myself opening up to her about my dilemma of being caught in the material world sometimes blinded by the pace of life .. sometimes losing sight of what is truly important ..how I yearned to be more in touch with my creative feminine self instead of being driven competitive .. an unconcious state of  being .half asleep ..
I yearned to be fullty awake and aware .. 
She patiently  studied my daily routine closely and then gave me truly balanced advice on how to slow down .. she later told me she utilized Kautilyas Arth-shastra knowledge to give advice on matters like these

She said women should work only 4 hours a day and it should be slow creative work...some knitting and sewing and painting and creating beautiful things .. experimenting with flavours.. not hurried and competitive akin to a man ..  or all kinds of health imbalances would follow .. How true are her words.   I realize them for my female patients in competitive male-ish positions and for myself as well ...

I always used to have a romantic vision of myself meeting a" Mr. Darcy " as one of my travel companions ..

We later discussed our meeting was serendipitious ... and better than any chance meeting with Mr. Darcy .. haha .. she called me a " Jane Austen woman straight out of the books " and I think no  words would have honoured me more

Shes only 29 .. and I felt id met a higher power as I spoke to her .. something sublime and pure and precious ..

She said " We are old souls ".. something that mirrored how i felt all the time and also quoted several times ... it was uncanny how similar we were ..
And she told me I had great feminine e energy .. and I was just beaming with pleasure .. !
A chance encouter that leaves one off guard . that makes you step back and analyze ... a few hours so significant they hold the power to turn your whole world topsy turvy

I believe if i was not caught in my current life .. I would have followed her blindly into her world ..