This past weekend I attended the Texas Yoga Retreat for the 2nd time at the Hindu Temple formerly called Barsana Dham and now called Radha Madhav Dham here in Austin. It is a magical place where I had the pleasure of attending workshops with some of the most amazing teachers I have ever come across.
One of the presenters named Rahgu Clark struck me as an old soul with lots of wisdom and inner peace. He is a yogi, a minister, a kirtan leader, and an inspiring teacher who has been meditating and teaching yoga philosophy for 35 years.
The name of his workshop was “Tried and True Tools for Self-Realization” so of course I thought this would be a great resource for my work as a therapist and also for what I am trying to accomplish through Root & Connect. If I had to explain in one or two words why I started Root & Connect it would be Healing and Self-Realization.
One of the things that Rahgu said in the beginning of his presentation was that he had lived in many beautiful places in his life, but that now he was living in Dallas because that was where he needed to be to serve the Ananda community. He then said something that rang very true for me, “Wherever you are, you are with your consciousness.”
When I heard this, I immediately thought back to a time in the year 2000 when I saw a sticker somewhere that read SELF. I was drawn to this sticker and decided to keep it and put it in a place where I knew I would be forced to look at it daily.
For some reason, that word SELF really resonated with me and what I began discovering back then, was that finding my SELF and beginning my journey towards self-realization was something that I felt very passionate about and that I wanted to keep exploring.
During the workshop, it suddenly dawned on me that my path towards self-realization had brought me to this exact place with this enlightened teacher who was assisting me in deepening my own understanding of self so that I could then teach others the way to try and do the same for themselves.
My vision of Root & Connect is to help others in their personal development of becoming more grounded, centered, and comfortable while on their path of healing and learning to love themselves.
Lastly, this came to my mind and I wrote it down as I thought it worth the share:
Seek your purpose and serve others
Exist with intention
Love and learn
Find your path and fulfill your heart’s deepest desires