Namasté

Namasté is a traditional greeting in India and Nepal (not just a way of ending a yoga class). I prefer to use this whenever possible in both greeting and saying goodbye, as this word communicates a whole concept in just one word. Namasté means that I recognize we are both an expression of the divine and I am honoring the divine within you (Namasté is accompanied with both hands in "prayer" position and a bow). It also conveys the awareness that we are essentially all one, thus there is no separation between us―we are both physical manifestations of the same essential oneness of the universe. Quite a lot to say in one word!