Category: Spiritual Adventures

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Developing Willpower and Concentration
Developing Willpower and Concentration

Our day started with a morning group Hatha Yoga practice on the balcony over looking the Caribbean sea. A sweet spot to practice yoga as we watched the sun rise. After breakfast we dived into our morning class. We studied how to develop two qualities, willpower and concentration, and use that to ...

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Day 1 of Meditation Retreat, Virgin Islands
Day 1 of Meditation Retreat, Virgin Islands

It’s another gorgeous day here in St. Thomas. The ocean is calm, turquoise and inviting. The sun is out. The private villa is surrounded with beautiful flowers. It’s the first day of our meditation retreat and our participants are arriving early this afternoon. Sharing a photo of the ...

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The End…and many new beginnings by Mike Gehard
The End…and many new beginnings by Mike Gehard

It has been quite the whirlwind journey in not only the physical level but also many other levels of my being. I knew that this journey would not be your typical “vacation” but other than that I had very little in the way of expectations. I knew that Dandapani, through his priestly connections, w...

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Days 12 to 15 – Kumarakom, Kerala
Days 12 to 15 – Kumarakom, Kerala

Our amazing 15-day spiritual adventure came to a conclusion on Feb 7th. Here are photos from the last 4 days that were spent in the lake side village of Kumarakom. The Kumarakom Lake Resort was home to our group as we settled into the last leg of our journey. With lots of classes and ample…

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Days 9, 10 & 11 – Periyar, Kerala
Days 9, 10 & 11 – Periyar, Kerala

Greetings from India. We’ve been away from our laptop and hence have not posted anything as of late. Here’s a link to photos from days 9, 10 & 11. They include the drive from Madurai to Periyar where we stayed for 2 nights. Highly recommend a visit to this place. Up in the hill st...

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Photos, photos, photos! Days 6, 7 & 8.
Photos, photos, photos! Days 6, 7 & 8.

Click here for photos from Day 6 (The drive from Swamimalai to Thanjavur, visit to the 1,000 year old Brihadeeswarar temple and lunch at the Ideal River View Resort) Click here for photos from Day 7 (Our first day in Madurai, the group goes sari shopping, view the temple towers, meet with the hea...

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An Amazing Day in Swamimalai
An Amazing Day in Swamimalai

The Anandham Swamimalai is a gorgeous resort built like a south Indian village and its our home for 2 nights. With deer wandering the property, village like thatched roofs above our rooms, coconut trees, paddy fields, cows and more we almost don’t want to leave here for our next destination. The ...

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Swamimalai by Tatiana
Swamimalai by Tatiana

We arrived in Swamimalai last night and were greeted with flowers, music and a baby deer upon arrival at the hotel.  We’re staying at the Anandham Swamimalai Hotel that is a lovely eco-resort that cares for local deer and one of the deer just had a baby the day before we arrived.  The baby deer&h...

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