I have been traveling quite a bit, it seems to be one of the themes of this incarnation for me. I’d like to share an experience that I had from my recent travel to Kerala. Kerala, as you well know, has a lot of coastline and we go to an Ayurvedic resort every year, and we take groups of people … Read More
Befriending Swami Kriyananda – Connecting the dots
God is with us from the beginning, whether we are aware of it or not. Steve Jobs once pointed out, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward.” I came to Ananda Sangha in 2014. Did I meet Swami Kriyananda before 2014? The following ‘dot’ happened around the year 2003. I might have been … Read More
A Himalayan Yogi: Corona Virus Seclusion
When I started construction of the Ananda Dehradun Meditation Camp in the Fall of 2018, I didn’t think much about what it would all lead to. It just felt like the right thing to do at the time. It didn’t occur to me that starting a large construction project in India as a senior might not be the most practical … Read More
Holding a Retreat During the Time of Coronavirus
On March 8, we decided it would be wise to cancel our all-India Kriyaban Retreat outside of Bangalore. That sounds like a simple decision, but we cancelled three days before the retreat was to begin, with over 100 people scheduled to fly there from all over India! Coronavirus was only beginning to show itself here — but with a number … Read More
Stay Home!
At a school that I was a part of, we were having a workshop. My friend who was also the director of the school, asked us to draw our “Home”. We all drew beautiful houses, some drew humble abodes, some a little more majestic. Some took extra effort to add beauty by adding colored roofs, elegant curtains, landscaping around. Later … Read More
7 Practices to Strengthen Yourself in Challenging Times
What interesting times we are living in! Whoever thought we’d see something like this in our lifetime — like the plot of a movie. A mix of fear, combined with a great awareness of the need for a change in our lifestyle, is sweeping through all beings and nations. The buzz-word right now seems to be “social distancing” — not … Read More
