So many people have asked me with a tilt of their head and their eyes upward, “where exactly is Nepal”?

Allow me to briefly acclimate you….. The largest city in this tiny country is Katmandu, which is also the capital. The official language is Nepali, their currency is the Rupee and their modest motto says “Mother and Motherland are Greater than Heaven”
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Nepal is an Asian country landlocked between India and China with a population of approximately 29 million people. This wondrous, friendly, topographically diverse nation is filled with beautiful scenery, happy children and varied religions.

Their flag is unique in the world, since it is neither square nor rectangular like most. In fact…it is a polygon. If you don’t remember that word from your vocabulary quizzes or geometry class, the Nepalese flag is the only one on earth that is not quadrilateral in shape. Their flying symbol is different and diverse, just like them.

The color red on the Nepali flag is significant of a history of aggression against their tiny country and dissent within its borders from corruption and politics. The highest hope is that the blue border calmly contains the hope of calmness and peace as well as depicts the celestial symbols of the sun and moon.

In Sanskrit ‘Ha’ means sun and “tha” means moon.

So for the Nepalis and the yogis alike… May the curvature of the moon in the night sky continue to shine the power of the feminine and be a prevailing icon for a life of peace and joy.

The people pray ” as long as there is a sun and a moon in the sky, Nepal will be there”.