Namaste to all of our Shanti adventurers!
We are here in Portland eagerly and enthusiastically preparing for our upcoming India semester together. We are so excited to meet you all in just five short days! Within the many activities we are planning for the trip, we have also been putting our heads together to come up with great Carpe Diem lessons, as well as hilarious jokes to enlighten you with. We have recently touched-base with all of our local contacts throughout India , and have assured them that you would all be greeting them with perfect head bobbles. We have also been lucky enough to have had these past couple of weeks in Portland to pick the brains of all of the Overseas Educators within Carpe Diem, for tips on Orientations (ours will be in Delhi!), team building ideas, and sweet new dance moves.
We are certainly sending you all positive energy and thoughts as you wrap up your remaining time at home, as you say goodbye to friends and family as well as getting those last minute items into your (hopefully) not-too-stuffed bags.
As you can see from our attached picture, your very own Overseas Educators are actually world-renowned master yogis (lucky you!). In another picture we decided not to attach, for reasons of appearing more humble and not to intimidate you too much, we are actually levitating. As you digest that information how you will, we also hope that you think about ways to let your own true colors shine through- as well as remember not to take yourselves too seriously!
We really hope you all are ready for an exciting and fun-filled semester in India with this amazing Shanti group! We cannot wait to meet you all and start this journey next week. Please feel free to reach out with any lingering questions or thoughts, AND if you are feeling anxious- just take some time to work on your Bollywood dance moves.
Ben and Carly,
your fearless levitating leaders
