Happy Tamil New Year everyone. It’s the year 5114 according to the Tamil calendar. We are well into the future of futures.
Apr 132012
I wanted to share with you a movie I watched recently called “Watching Water“. It was filmed and edited by my dear friend Jo Tyrrell. Jo, originally from South Africa, is a film maker, photographer and artist who now resides in the UK.
Jo Tyrrell
On another note, Jo will be joining me on this upcoming spiritual adventure to help me document parts of the journey. We hope to have some footage available for you to see in the coming weeks so you can virtually experience one of our spiritual adventures.
Jan 242012
We’ve been doing some work on our blog to improve it over the last couple of weeks and hence I have not been blogging. But I’ll resume blogging now that I am on the road again and our next spiritual adventure begins this Friday. You’ll see some changes in the blog in the coming weeks and we hope that it will add to a better experience for all of you who visit the site.
Jan 012012
Wishing you good health and a spiritually rewarding year. Happy new year!
Recently the online wellness magazine, Well and Good NYC, reached out to me and asked for my thoughts on “the importance of doing nothing“. Read the full article here. (Part of the article that appeared on Well and Good NYC is shown below)
A segment of the full article
Aug 252011
A New York based online wellness wire service, Well & Good NYC, recently interviewed me to get some insights on how you can use meditation to de-stress your vacations. Here’s a link to the article titled “3 tips for a stress-free vacation“.
Aug 012011
We continue with our coverage of the Hindu Youth Camp at West Virginia University in Morgantown. On the last afternoon of the camp our new African friends invited us to participate in a drum circle that they had planned. Earlier in the day they had attended a yoga and meditation class.
Our youth group turned up at 3pm at one of the larger halls on campus to find our friends there along with about 30 djembes. Djembe is an African skin-covered drum meant to be played with bare hands that has its origins in West Africa. Individuals from both groups teamed up and before long the hall was filled with drum beats. Our friends were patient as they taught us basic beats on the djembe. It wasn’t long before the young Hindu campers felt confident to beat along with the Africans.
The two and a half hours that followed was the highlight of the camp for many. Besides learning how to play the djembe we also learned some African dance steps. It was an afternoon filled with music and dance, an unplanned unity of two cultures, strangers the day before and friends today. It was an experience that will live long in the hearts and minds of all those that attended.
Our young campers learning how to play the djembe from our new friends
It was certainly one of the highlights of this year's camp
12 year old Nidhi is all about playing the djembe
Both groups truly enjoyed getting to know one another
Both groups gather to capture this wonderful coming together of two cultures
Teachers and Coordinators. From left: Mr. Krishnasamy, Olu, Muni Natarajan, Mrs. Fuller, Mwatabu Okantah, Dandapani and Nana (Nana is a term of endearment that refers to a chief in the Akan traditions)
Teachers present one another gifts that are sacred to their culture.
