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Feb 6, 2015

Manifesting our Goals

We continue the recap of our recent Spiritual Adventure... Day 9, Samode, Rajasthan. 7th February 2015. We spent most of the day in class, diving deep into the practice of meditation and how to manifest what we want in our life. One of the keys in manifesting our goals in life is concentration or unwavering focus. It’s an area most people struggle at. They struggle at concentration primarily, I...

Feb 5, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

Sun Rise at the Taj Mahal

Day 7: Feb 5 “The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.” ―Rabindranath Tagore In my opinion, the only way to see the Taj Mahal for the first time (or even the 10th time) is to wake up at dawn and watch the sun ri
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Feb 5, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary - A Haven of Life

After our very special morning witnessing the sun rise over the Taj Mahal we left Agra and headed west to Samode, a little know village in Rajasthan that would be our home for the next 3 nights. On the way there we made a brief stop at the Keoladeo National Park (formerly known a
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Feb 5, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

Experiential Learning - The Permanent Kind of Learning

Day 8 of our North Indian Spiritual Adventure... We arrived in Samode late in the evening the previous night, checked into our tents, had dinner and went to bed after 2 days of intense traveling. The tents at Samode Bagh were more like "glamping" (glamorous camping) than camping
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Feb 4, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

The Train to the Taj Mahal

Day 6: Feb 4 We started our day with a sunrise Puja at the southern group of temples in Khajuraho dedicated to Lord Siva. I had the honor of performing the ritual of abhishekam, the bathing of the central deity with an offering of milk, yogurt, and flowers. The temple reverbera
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Feb 4, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

Enstasy: A Meditation Confluence in Kerala, India 2016

I’ve spoken at and attended many inspiring events, where I am given so much great new information only to return home and have many of these ideas forgotten in a notebook. I realized the problem is that there’s no time provided at these events to reflect and integrate the teach
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Feb 3, 2015 Spiritual Adventures

Day 5: Varanasi to Khajuraho: Temples of Beauty

Day 5: Feb 3 Our last morning in Varanasi was so very special. The group engaged in a vigorous yoga asana practice in the morning with Robin and then I led everyone through a meditation continuing to focus on the intent that each person brought with them on the trip and on ma
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