Holy Women

Saddhus Waiting for Supper in Haridwar, India

Haridwar, India, is a very Holy city. The streets line up every evening with orange robed Indians hoping to attain enlightenment and a free meal from local ashrams alongside the road. Haridwar is where I spent 5 lovely days at a yoga ashram. I was blessed to be in the presence of many like minded yogis from all over the world as well as with Marta Ji, a Saint, who hitchhiked from Germany to India when she was only 22 years old in search of silk, spice, adventure, and her guru. Marta Ji has a lovely story - she dreamt of a long white bearded Indian as a child and went in search of him from a reoccurring vivid dream. After being misguided to an Island in the Ganga of Haridwar, she found the bearded man from her dreams in a pile of ashes begging for food. Asking him to be her guru, he refused, but quickly decided to make her his disciple when he too recognized her from his dreams. Years later they gave birth to three beautiful children (aged from 26 – 30) and started the yoga ashram.