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Pottery Square friendship
By the recommendation of a friend made in Goa I visited a spot in Pottery Square in Bhaktapur. Sajan and Srijan invited me to have chai and we slipped easily into a nourishing conversation on healing, the strength of community, flow of life, visions and past life regression, living meditation and the gurus we love.…
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Dendrophile // Tree Hugger
When I place my hand on a tree, the feeling’s different from a hand on a table, the concrete floor, or even sand. On a tree, my hand absorbs its calmness, its serenity and directs that to my heart. It sounds crazy but I feel trees so deeply. Trees are mesmerising. Trees are alive. Trees…
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Fire puja in India
Riwo Sangcho by Machig Rinpoche. Magical. Rice grains, milk, honey were poured one scoop at a time into flames. Leaves, branches and barks of trees fueled the fire. By the river we sat in silence. We had woken up before 5am, took a bus running through dusty roads and sleeping towns, walked in darkness around…
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Walking each other home
Last week, I wrote that nothing bad has happened this year. That very same week our hamster fell very sick suddenly. Pebbles died five days later. Today, we bid goodbye to our 91 years’ old ah gong after a five-day wake. Two weekends, two deaths. Did I jinx it? Should we never say we are…
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Letting go
I came to Gili Air for a special reason. Four years ago I met someone here whom my heart connected so strongly with. Never before, not yet since. Four years later I found courage and clarity to return, to meet memories, to be reminded and to let go. Some close friends know this healing leg…
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The beginning of daily meditations
On a full moon night on May 29, I sat in a bamboo shala with a few quiet souls, meditating. Tom, a volunteer at the shala, guided us into Prana meditation — the simple observation of breaths and sensations. We spoke briefly after, during which I was inspired to embark on a month-long meditation journey.…
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I love you at your darkest
I had a rough day at work and in my head. When I reached home fully drained, my parents were just about to head out for dinner. “Join us?” they asked. “No,” I coldly replied. They were in a chirpy mood tonight and I always love it when they are like that. Tonight though I…
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Meditation finds me again
One night, after a long draining day at work, I put on a face mask for my skin before sleep. I did not know what to do while waiting. I’m done with scrolling through social media. Done with words and texts and even reading. (Background: my writing projects revolve around social media) All I wanted…
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2017 reflections
2017 you’ve been a year of surprises! My resolutions for you were to save hellav money, get fit and fab, deepen yoga studies. I did none of those. Instead, upon the urging of @maharamckay I booked a last-minute flight to New Zealand for three months to teach yoga at her studio in Dunedin. Took a little visa…
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Are you happy now?
I first was asked this question on a bonfire night by the sea on Cook Islands. Susann, a young, vibrant and beautiful German, suddenly popped this question at everyone. We all had to answer her, one at a time. Some of us stuttered and started, “yea but…” She interjected and insisted, “no, now. Are you…
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