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Hood River News, Wednesday, February 11, 2015
T RAVEL
ELLEN HUDON poses with the
young girl who had greeted the
Hudons in the first village they
visited. They had stopped her to
ask directions to the Ramana’s
Garden school, and the girl said,
“here, let me take you,” and she
took Ellen by the hand and led
them there. Ellen went to India
expecting one experience, but
got another, and brought her
new yoga knowledge back to
Hood River to teach others.
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since he had been there
multiple times, and he took
us under his wing. From
the minute I saw his “Los
Pollos Hermanos” shirt
from Breaking Bad, I knew
we were going to get along.
Every night that we had
dinner with him he would
bow his head in apprecia-
tion for his food. My moth-
er and I found this very in-
spiring because we often
just dug into our food the
minute it was placed in
front of us. Ronnie taught
us to take a minute and
center ourselves and be
thankful for the food, all
those who helped make it,
and for the nutrition it
would give our bodies. We
also wished that the people
who worked so hard to
make our food had a good
day. It is now a tradition we
try to remember to do on a
daily basis.
Ronnie also attended a
few yoga classes with us.
Our yogi, Upandra, was
very helpful and spiritual
throughout our many class-
es we attended. Sun saluta-
tions and breathing exer-
cises were the basis of
what we did daily. I have al-
ways been very inspired by
yoga and have had an inter-
est in it my whole life. For
my EA project (Extended
Application project) I am
required to do to graduate,
I taught a yoga class to my
friends at Flow Yoga. Jen
FitzSimons was my mentor
and taught me how to use
transition words and
phrases. I went to many
yoga classes to get a per-
spective on how I wanted
my yoga class to sound.
Going to India was a big
part of my inspiration for
doing this as my project.
I am very thankful for
my experiences in India,
the people I met, the things
I learned, and also for my
mentor and others who
helped me along the way
with my EA project. I hope
to continue doing yoga as a
lifelong practice because I
believe it adds to a healthy
lifestyle. I also plan to keep
traveling and having amaz-
ing experiences with my
mom.
Above left, the bridge at Laksh-
man Jhula, where Ellen had a
tense encounter with a fruit-lov-
ing monkey. Below the bridge is
an interesting mix of Western
graffiti “tags” and bilingual
business signage evident in the
subcontinent.
Below left, a blue icon at the
Kunjapuri temple, which the
Hudons visited during a 4 a.m.
sunrise hike. Rishikesh is located
near the base of the Himalayas,
in north India.
Photos by Ellen and Peggy Hudon
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