The Blog — 47 posts

Awareness

Every teaching, story, and reflection filed under Awareness.

SpeakingMar 18, 20141 min

Balance Living Workshop with EO Detroit

Yesterday I spoke to the Detroit chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO). I conducted a half day workshop on The Art of Balancing Life. It was my first visit to Detroit, Michigan, and we had…

Spiritual AdventuresMar 10, 20141 min

How you dress is how you feel

"How you dress is how you feel". We took this very seriously on the last night of our spiritual adventure. The last night is always special as in the tradition of doing these trips and everyone gets…

Spiritual AdventuresMar 9, 20141 min

Exploring the Backwaters of Kerala

We wrap up the coverage of our meditation and yoga retreat in South India earlier this month. The state of Kerala in India is renowned for its spagetthi of rivers, canals and lagoons, and is the…

Spiritual AdventuresMar 7, 20141 min

The Spice Plantations of Periyar, Kerala

After 5 busy days of temple hopping and classes in Tamil Nadu we head to the quieter and lush green hills of Kerala, South India. Kerala is famous for its hill stations, backwaters, spices and tea…

LearnMay 8, 20121 min

How/when are you aware of the effects of meditation?

Affects of meditation come not from prolong practices rather more from quality practices. Sitting for long periods in meditation not necessarily produce result if the meditator does not know what he…

LearnApr 27, 20121 min

How long should I sit for when I meditate?

A couple of days ago we gave a response to the question "What are one of the first things to do when one wants to begin a meditation practice?" and we ended the blog post with the question “How long…

SpeakingMar 18, 20121 min

Meditation workshop in St. Thomas

We gathered on Saturday morning at Inspiration Hall at Paradise Cove on St. Thomas for our yoga and meditation workshop. Yoga (asana) class was led by Angela Alfieri for the 1st hour and then I led a…

LearnJan 9, 20121 min

How do you know a meditation technique is good or not?

On the 7th of January I was asked "what are the techniques of meditation" and responded to that on the blog. The natural next question to follow from that was asked...which was "How do you know a…

LearnJan 4, 20122 min

What is the purpose of meditation?

Somebody asked me in a class recently a question that I have never been asked before. The question was “What is the purpose of meditation?” Strange, I thought at that very instant I heard the…

Spiritual AdventuresApr 30, 20111 min

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.

SpeakingMar 15, 20111 min

Awareness Riding on Technology

Last week an entrepreneur from Australia that had attended one of my workshops there, shared with me an article titled "Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction" that had appeared in the New York…

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