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Cassandra Schmidt

  2. November 8, 2005

    From Kiran
    (Cassandra's husband)

    I know Cassandra's death was not as short and easy as most would hope for but she was very well prepared to make this ultimate transition and you (Kaliji) were part of giving her the focus and lightness that both in their impossible combination make it possible.

    Jai Guru Devi
    Kiran

    From Yogini Kaliji
    Jaya Guru Devi

    Received a phone call today that informed us that our beloved Cassandra Schmidt left her physical body yesterday, November 8, 2005. As you might have known, she was in Cairo, Egypt with her husband. He is presently in Egypt in intensive care, due to the car accident they were in.

    In the years of knowing Cassandra, I've seen her only express joy, happiness, and an overwhelming love for life and everyone... including the precious animal kingdom.

    She was a life-long vegetarian. We would affectionately call her the President of the Universal Vegan Association.
    After her parents conceived her, her mother suddenly couldn't eat any animal products. When Cassandra was first given food, she only would eat vegetarian food. Even when the family objected to the young child being vegetarian,
    she still would not eat non-vegetarian food. Her parents said they wouldn't take her on family trips if she didn't eat differently, so she stayed home with her grandmother. Once in a hospital, the staff found out the young child wasn't eating the animal products from the meals served there. She was throwing it out the window and it soon clogged the water drain. Even with the various obstacles, she held true to her love for animals.

    I am happy that I visited her this year where she taught in Nevada City, California. It was so good to see how loved she was by her students.

    I last saw Cassandra this summer when she was an excellent alignment assistant during a TriYoga program I taught in Berlin. Since she was originally from Germany, this was like a complete circle for her. Also, she and her family come from the same town in Germany that my mother's family does. Cassandra was recently certified in TriYoga
    Level 3.

    There aren't enough words to express our love and admiration of Cassandra. She was a light, an inspiration to all who met her. She was not only colorful in her appearance but inwardly too. Oh, how she will be missed...

    We can only trust in her - in her flow. That death isn't really an accident but orchestrated by the Divine, as our birth was. Thus, wherever she is.... she will continue to share the spiritual light in herself through the vehicle of TriYoga. This lives beyond the physical form, as does her soul.

    Let us meditate... sending her our love. Feeling her close, feeling her vastness.

    My love to Cassandra, now and always. We will meet again and again.

    Cassandra

    Sweet friend... TriYoga sister

    I am remembering flowing with you at so many of Kaliji's workshops in Santa Cruz and Malibu and always your beautiful flow, your dedication to learning and your glowing energy... I am grateful to have been with you last summer in Berlin assisting in Kaliji's workshops working, laughing, learning together... I am happy for our emails and hearing your excitement about sharing TriYoga in Cairo. Your life has brought joy to so many, through your teaching, through your gentle kindness, through your loving spirit. You will be missed and always remembered as you remain forever

    in our hearts
    in the flow
    in the light...
    JAYA GURU DEVI

    - with love from Tarini (Terri Richards)

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