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Apr 30, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

In the Backwaters of Kerala, South India

We checked into our beautiful resort. It's tucked away in a village, almost hidden away on the shores of India's longest lake. A lot of the hotel is built in the old Kerala style homes giving it an old world charm. Everyone loves it and are happy settle down here for the next few days and dive into their study and practice of meditation. A lot of the locals travel by boat on the ba...

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  • Apr 28, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    Understanding the Mind - a foundation for meditation

    In today's class we explored the 3 phases of the mind - the instinctive, intellectual and intuitive. Our study each day has been taking us deeply in to the understanding of the mind and to give us the necessary framework to begin successful meditation practice. We looked closely

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  • Apr 27, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    Hiking the Jungles of Periyar

    Our day started early and by 7am we were in Periyar National Park ready to begin our 3-hour hike through this jungle. We were all eager to see wild life. Our first encounters were the Nilgiri Langur monkeys. Then across the lake we spotted families of wild boar plus a

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  • Apr 26, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    Elephants! Elephants! Elephants!

    83 year old Anne on an elephant. She has been an amazing spiritual adventurer on this trip and has kept up with the group in all the inner and outer adventures. Our team is ready to ride off into the forest on elephants. Katherine and Mandy. Anne

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  • Apr 25, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    Spice Capital of the World

    It is no wonder that the Europeans desperately seeked to find a sea route to India. And in Kerala they landed and discovered the amazing world of spices. It's day 4 of our Kerala Spiritual Adventure and our first full day in Periyar and we are enjoying being here in the Sahyadri

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  • Ancient Port City to Mountain Jungle
    Apr 24, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    Ancient Port City to Mountain Jungle

    Today we leave the ancient historic port city of Fort Kochi and head east, inland towards the Sahyadri Mountains,. It is a long but beautiful drive. It takes about 6 to 7 hours to drive up to the small town of Thekkady or Periyar and we took the less common route via Mavady Hills

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  • Apr 23, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

    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

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