Yoga Yangchen

Some of the shelter’s oldest and special-needs residents. 🐾
Age, disability, or scars don’t make them any less deserving of love. If anything, they remind us just how deeply love, comfort, and compassion are needed. ❤️

Panda has now been rescued, and my heart is filled with gratitude. ❤️ Thank you my friend Tshering, for reaching out and letting me know about Panda. A heartfelt thank you to The Maya Foundation, for taking him in and giving him the treatment and care he so desperately needs. And thank you to Zeus Nakulu dog sanctuary Org. Paro for helping rescue him. Your kindness and compassion mean more than words can ever express. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all. 🙏🐾🥹

Panda, one of the oldest free roaming dogs in Paro, is suffering from a terrible wound. When I received the video of him, I couldn’t hold back my tears. I could barely watch.

As I arrange for him to receive treatment, one thought keeps lingering in my heart.

What hurts me the most is knowing that Panda didn’t suffer because no one saw him. I am sure many people noticed his pain. What hurts is that no one acted.

Compassion doesn’t have to stop with our family, relatives, or those we know. It is also about noticing the suffering of a stranger, whether human or animal and choosing to care.

Sometimes, the smallest act can save a life. A phone call. A message. Offering food. Contacting someone who can help. We don’t always have to solve the problem ourselves, but we can choose not to look away.

May we all learn to see with kinder eyes and respond with gentler hearts. The world becomes a better place not through grand gestures, but through ordinary people choosing compassion over indifference.

Please, if you see an animal in distress, don’t assume someone else will help. You might be the only one who can. 🤍🐾

I come back to this, the rhythm of Sun Salutations, when my body calls for it.

Even in this simple practice there is always something new to learn as I continue to integrate the wisdom I receive through my yoga therapy training. ✨🤍

When a life is at risk, compassion should not have to wait. It is a basic human instinct to come together, to help and to protect a living being in distress.

While procedures and approvals are important, a situation involving a life in danger calls for urgency, cooperation, and immediate action from all concerned. A living being should not have to wait while decisions are being made.

I sincerely request the relevant authorities and all concerned organizations to come together and take urgent steps to rescue and protect this innocent elephant before it is too late.

Compassion, responsibility and timely action can make a difference. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The choices we make today become the seeds we plant. In time, we experience the fruits of what we nurture.