Veena Lenae

INDIA: Day 2 (Part 1/4)

TRUST is a theme I must embrace here.

As we head to our first temple, I trust I am meant to be on this journey.

We sit down as a group for breakfast at a roadside “restaurant” that is more like a large open-ended food stand with a menu I don’t really understand.  We order family style...

KALI.

She is a Goddess I was told I wasn't ready for in 2015.

My teachers advised me to work with Durga, Lakshmi, & Parvati instead.
They said Kali was too dark for me at that time in my life.

For 2 years I avoided her at all costs.

I was almost afraid of her energy and how it would impact me.

I avoided...

I arrive in a small hotel room in Kolkata, and began my nearly month-long spiritual pilgrimage in India.

It has taken me 2 international connections, 3 flights, and 2 days & nights in the air to get here. It has also taken 2 years of manifesting, 10 months of planning, and a whole lot of saving.

It almost feels...

I saw you today.

I saw you yesterday, too, but it was different.

Yesterday I saw your face, your little baby spirit, as if you were appearing when I least expect it to let me know you are coming and preparing for your arrival.

Yesterday I saw your face illuminated in a shade of ultraviolet blue— like that ghostly blue you...

When I chose to go to India, a lot of people asked me why.

It wasn’t a simple answer.

I didn’t just have one reason to travel to the other side of the world; I had three:

1. I felt drawn to go to India after hearing my teachers talk about their own journeys.
2. I wanted to understand my yogi roots...

3 years ago, I set out on a journey that would forever change me.

In November & December of 2017, I was called to the Mother Land: INDIA.

I spent just a few days shy of a month both traveling in a group and solo, all while navigating through a new moon, full moon, and a Mercury Retrograde.

I ate, prayed, and loved. I also...