We worked on feet -- inner and outer arches and how they relate to rotation of the legs; how the work of the inner thighs relates to every position; how awake, organized, balanced feet redistribute the work of arm balances; how the legs as organs of action are crucial to inversions which is what they are working on here.

Do try this at home. Block on the head for tree pose. Then again standing on a block with a block on your head and then close your eyes. Write to me and tell me what you think this is about, what is your experience, what did you learn?

It was a great weekend in Copenhagen; and in Berlin; and in Istanbul. But, honestly, I'm glad my work is done for now. Whew. Time to ride on the bike back to Soham's for a tiny rest.

Here I am teaching at Hamsa.

They really drank it all up -- listening very intently.

Sunday morning's Yoga Body Buddha Mind session is called Awakened Heart....so let's do drop backs!

Here's how you do it as a team. I promise I won't drop you! I'm supporting Stina's back and My has a horseshoe hand under the base of Stina's skull.

The students watch closely for all the important details...

...and now it's your turn! I ask similar height people to go together so here is Soren, Miles and Jacob getting ready to work as a team.

Another team in progress -- that's Cami on the right, originally from North Dakota. Maybe we are related....parts of both sides of my family come from there.

Ta da!

Here we are, all together at the end of a great weekend. In the planning for two years, and now it has passed like a flash. Impermanence.

Hey, you can't have a group picture at Hamsa without Soham!

I sat in the first pew of this beautiful church and cried. I miss my dad so much, especially in churches.

Another kind of walking meditation.

We saw lots of nooks and crannies like this. Behind the old exteriors are renovated office builidings, art galleries and even the wonderful Hamsa Yoga Studio.

Here is Dave teaching meditation last night. We have a sold out workshop and everyone is in for the whole weekend. Dave and I are thrilled with how smart, curious, and open these students are.

Thank you to Soham, owner of Hamsa Studio, and Nanna, his assistant, for taking such good care of us. Soham has given up his apartment for us to use and stocked it full of goodies! Do you remember Soham from Istanbul? He came all the way to Turkey to take YBBM so that he could have that experience and then be able to more fully host us while we are here. Wow - very generous. It worked out well for him, too, since he has a nice, new Turkish boyfriend.

But first things first! Soham and Nanna brought us bikes! That is the way to go here and absolutely everybody rides them. Last night on our way to the Dag H. restaurant we counted less than 5 cars but many bikes.

The city has a series of lakes which once was the moat security system. They are populated by friendly ducks and swans. We liked how this swan had her feather fingers interlaced behind her back to open her swan heart.

Here is Soham at his beautiful Hamso studio. A 500 year old house in a back yard. Perfect. It is clean, simple, white, peaceful. Love it!

The station is very modern and that is kind of cool. But the platforms are all outdoors. The wait can get pretty cold. I'm letting that go, too, and pulling my scarf tighter. Glad to have a scarf, right?

After a mad scramble, and getting kicked out of my seat twice, Dave finally found us two unreserved seats. Some people did have reserved seats including the nice old lady and her son who were next to us. They bought their tickets three months in advance. I settled in to finish my YJ article on Uttanasana.

The landscape is flat, flat, flat. Lots of modern windmills. The train ride was 7 hours but 45 minutes of it was on a ferry. Yes, the train went right on to the huge ferry and that was sort of fun.

Dave liked this beer a lot. He said it was smoooooth.

I loved the decor. The real deal. Can you see the cuckoo clock? Maybe that is the window.

OM yoga TT grads in Berlin: Detlev, Kristin, Nina and Petra. There are even two more but the other Kristin left before we took the picture and we think Jorgos is stuck in Greece due to the cancellation air flights.

Day 1 - Detlev and Hans took us on a great tour of Berlin. This is the last standing part of the wall. We also saw where the book burning took place, the Brandenburg Gate, some cool spots in East Berlin, walked through the Holocaust Memorial and more.

We had a delicious lunch at the charming Literaturhaus.

Here we are at the top of the Reichstag. This glass spiral structure tops the Senate and represents open government. You can actually look down and see the session.

Then we went to Detlev and Hans' house where Hans made us a wonderful pasta dinner. Nina and Kristin T. and her hubby, Christof, joined us for a grand OM yoga reunion.

Here is David walking on the 10,000 metal faces representing all those who have been killed in wars. This is in the Jewish Museum which is very hard to visit but important. Daniel Liebskind's architecture is awesome and brilliant.

Detlev and behind him is a huge statue of a woman calling to the other side, from when the wall was there.

This is Hans. He is a prince; an especially elegant, kind, big hearted person. He sometimes get a little bit lost and in this case, it meant we had a beautiful walk along the river.

It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed the walk to the boat where we had dinner at sunset.

Detlev and Beate are waiting for us on the boat.

We heard someone singing opera and turned around. Standing on the shore beside the boat was a singing newspaper salesman. Then he came on the boat and we bought a paper. Then we asked for another song and he happily obliged us. Berlin is full of so much wonderful art everywhere!

Beate, owner of Moveo Yoga, and her terrific beau, Tom.

Hans likes his dinner which comes on a boat-like plate.

But this was my favorite waiter of the whole weekend. Very dapper.We all enjoyed a delicious dessert tarte flambe but David insisted on also ordering a nun's fart.

This is Tracy, sitting in the lovely sun porch. She is originally from Vancouver BC and now lives here with her husband and teaches at Yogasala.

Another view of the reception area of Yogasala.

This was not a really popular part of the class. Alexis, second from the right, is the Director of Teacher Training here at Yogasala. We had a lot of fun talking yoga and life after class at Can's apartment. He made an amazing delicious dinner for us all.

We are yoga bonding, which is slightly different from yoga binding.

Mey and me. It was so wonderful to reconnect with her. We had so much fun together. She told me yesterday that she joined the OM yoga on-line Teachers' Directory and Network so she can stay in touch. Thank you, Mey, for helping to make our visit so special.

It's a beautiful day! And we feel glamorous in our sunglasses!

Let's all get in the picture!

Paying my respects at the Blue Mosque.

Dave took this picture. He likes this food and it is better than in NYC. It just is.

I feel happy at the Sultan's Palace. Topkapi Palace.

Dave got someone to take this picture of us. Perhaps wishful thinking on his part that we are saying Welcome to our Home!

Me in the Grand Bazaar.

The textiles are divine.

My favorite vendor. This little old lady was knitting when I first noticed her sitting on the ground outside the GB. She makes beautiful slippers and also was selling delicate needlework trims made by her cousins. I told her -- with sign language -- that I also knitted but not as good as she does. She laughed!