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Our Kerala Spiritual Adventure begins!
Our Kerala spiritual adventure began on March 23rd and our first 2 days were spent in Fort Kochi, Kerala. It was a time to get to know one another and settle into life in India. It’s been quite humid here with slight rains in the evening which has been great as summer has already began and temperatures can get pretty high.
The first day we strolled the quiet streets of historic Fort Kochi and yesterday we explored the Dutch Palace, visited a local Hindu temple, a fruit market and Jew Town.
Preponed…….and I’ll have salad on the side with that.
I walked up to the check in desk at the Delhi airport to catch my flight south to Kochi and the lady looked up and said “Sir, your flight has been preponed!” I thought to myself “Now, is ‘preponed’ that Filipino dish that’s made with eggplant, because if it is ...
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Dad loves my Indian tattoo
“Dad loves my Indian tattoo because it only lasts a few days” resounded a young Indian girl. Henna (Lawsonia inermis) is a flowering plant that produces a dye that temporary stains the skin, hair, fingernail and more. It’s what Indians have been using for centuries to tattoo the...
Read MoreKerala Spiritual Adventure begins in 12 days
Our Kerala Spiritual Adventure begins in 12-days. The journey begins in Fort Kochi, Kerala where we will be for 2 nights before heading up to Periyar in the western ghats or Sahyadri Mountains where we will stay for 4-nights. From here it is on Alleppey along the banks of India’s longest la...
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Can Women be Monks?
It is a question I get asked quite often and the answer, at least in the Hindu religion, is Yes! And if you want to be pedantic then they would more appropriately be called nuns. In Hinduism men and women can attain the same heights of spiritual awakening. It is taught that God is equally…
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A Spiritual Adventure in Northwestern India
Join one of our grandest spiritual adventures yet as we celebrate the Festival of Lights with thousands at the Golden Temple, ride camels into the Great Thar Desert, be enchanted at the famed Pushkar Camel Fair and immerse ourselves in the culturally rich and colorful land of northwestern India i...
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Awareness Riding on Technology
Last week an entrepreneur from Australia that had attended one of my workshops there, shared with me an article titled “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” that had appeared in the New York Times. Coincidentally enough, my meditation class in New York City last week (pic below)...
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