Practice practice practice… a mantra for the season
As we are entering the busy and stressful holiday season, both the excitement and the burden is palpable for me. [...]
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Taj Mahal: magical! each visit The India Retreat was hard yet very rewarding and my group was brave :) I [...]
A visit to Saandhwanam, an orphanage in Kerala
This is small orphanage in Kerala, my place of birth in India, which I visited in Oct 2017 with the [...]
Anger: one of the difficult emotions
A hermit lived alone in the mountains. One day a herdsman passed by his cave. Intrigued, he called out to [...]
There is an app for that!
“To be a happy person, one must contemplate death five times daily” -Bhutanese folk saying What if there was an [...]
Emotions are built and not built-in
The view from my desk :) After much anticipation, we have moved and are settling into a very comfortable, spacious [...]
Self-compassion = The ? What do I need?
Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that [...]
India Yoga & Cultural Retreat – Sept 16-27 2019
Visit Northern India with Anna! Visit India with an experienced guide by your side, I speak the language, know the [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to Richard Davidson: part 2
This week I am focusing on the second scientific development that changed our attitude toward meditation: epigenetics - the science [...]
HH the Dalai Lama’s challenge to a western scientist
When love meets pain it becomes compassion When love meets happiness it becomes joy Joy is an expression of awakened [...]