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Sanaya

I recently attended a 21-day journaling workshop with Swati, and what a powerful journey it has been. Over these 21 days, we learned to observe, feel, and deeply understand the challenges we face by gently uncovering layer after layer within ourselves. I love this way...

Honouring Life

It took my friend going to the other side for me to fully come into my body. And to start honouring life the way it deserves to be honoured. To accept the uncertainties of life. To realise how long I had been holding my breath, waiting for something to happen before I...

A breath before the next chapter

Ten weeks ago I sat down with a morning thought and a cup of tea and started writing. I did not know it would become this. A series of ten posts that took me — and I hope, you — through releasing and emptying and the strange, uncomfortable, sacred space of not...

Choosing to forget

A friend of mine lost her father recently. And in the weeks since, she has asked me the same question, again and again, more than she ever did before. If we chose this — if this loss was somehow part of a script we agreed to — why don't we remember choosing it? Why...

The Villain as ally

This one is the hardest to write.Not because the idea is complicated. But because it asks something of you to look much deeper than what is being shown to you.It asks you to look at the person — or the people — who hurt you most. The ones you hold responsible for your...

The Hand that would not let me grab anything

I have been having pain in my left hand. It has been so bad that I have not been able to grab anything. A cup. A doorknob. My own hair, some mornings. And to make it worse, it is my left hand — my dominant hand. The one I actually need. I went looking for the obvious...

Even the Trees Know When to Rest

Last evening I was talking to a friend, telling her how I was feeling stuck.  It did not make sense, even to me, as I said it out loud. I am in a place that is gorgeous. Surrounded by trees, thick and green and alive. Squirrels and monkeys come and go as if they know...

Mind – safety and rhythm

Is the Mind Seeking Safety, or Something Else?   I have been observing for the past few days that my mind is all over the place and I am not able to fall into the rhythm of the day.  When we live like this, our days become erratic. The mind keeps throwing out...

Befriending the body

Befriending the Body For a long time, I couldn't understand what it meant to get comfortable in this physical body. I think many of us can't. Especially those of us drawn to spiritual work, to healing, to the unseen. Getting comfortable here — in the body, in the...

The Kasturi Mrig

There is an old story I keep returning to. The Kasturi Mrig — the musk deer — carries within its own body a gland that produces one of the most exquisite fragrances — musk. Rare, intoxicating, unlike anything else. And it spends its entire life running everywhere to...
Letting go

Letting go

It was time for Ganpati to go and an emotional time for us. Dhruv asks me if we could have him forever. Even I wasn't so ready to say Good Bye to him. As usual, HE has a dialogue with me and teaches me a very important lesson of my life of ͚'Letting Go͛'. So 'Letting...

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Highs and lows

Highs and lows

Nature which is so beautifully synchronized that it doesn't need anyone to remind it to bring in Sun  and Moon at a particular time. Seasons come, serve their term and go only to return at the right time ag ain. We are able to appreciate and differentiate between day...

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Death, an ultimate truth

Death, an ultimate truth

Many times I have sat and wondered how would I behave, what would I do or feel if ever a dear person very close to me passed over? I feared for my husband, my son, my nephew, my mother, my sister. I perpetually worried about people around me whenever they travelled. I...

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Surrender

When I tried doing it all by myself, I failed. When I left it to HIMThere was no trying anymore. I have taken a leap of faith I know HE is there to hold me if I fall. Deep down I know, I am taken care of. There was a time when I used to have lot many expectations of...

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Night and Day

When the night is dark and it's often too stark; It surprises me that I managed to reach this mark Now that this night is about to get over I often wonder what if unknown makes me go through all over I have long been in denial, may also have put myself into a trial...

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Who am I?

Am I that very person people expect me to be, their perception of me? or Am I that person in search of that identity which never is going to be hers. What am I searching here? My identity, that connects me to this illusionary world or My own unique self! My inner...

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God is in charge

God is in charge

When God takes something from your grasp, HE is not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. 'God will never take you where He will not protect you.' There comes a point in your life when you realize: Who matters Who never did Who...

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Love is

Love is

Many times I have asked myself what exactly Love is? Recently the penny dropped. Love just is. It is not a concept. It neither has boundaries nor a definition. It is that feeling which brings a smile to your face when you can look at other creations of life and admire...

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A shift in perspective

A shift in perspective

When I look around, I see so much of beauty all around in nature that is ever-replenishing itself, never complaining, never comparing. It's just that lately we have started going away from our selves, from our true nature focusing on the material world, focusing on...

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Focus

Focus

I would like to share a story today: A boy went to the Principal and said: "Madam, I won't be coming to School anymore.” The Principal responded, “But why?” The boy said “Ah! I saw a teacher speaking ill of another teacher; You have a Sir who can't read well; the...

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This drama called life

This drama called life

Like every story we hear, a movie we watch or play we catch, we too are characters of our own story. As each story has its beginning, process, and the end, so do we. Should the story unfold naturally to us or should we know it all before we take any step forward? How...

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To love is to illuminate the world

To love is to illuminate the world

"With all that love and longingness Earth awaits the Sun to come back and shower her  with his wonderful, energising energy.  After all these years Earth never told Sun that I own you and look what happened with that kind of love. The whole world is illuminated." Dr...

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On forgiveness

On forgiveness

What does forgiveness mean to you? Does it mean that you are now okay with whatever happened to you and you are now ready to move on with your life? Does this happen in the real world? Is forgiveness that easy to exercise that we start our life over quickly. I have...

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On the art of unlearning

On the art of unlearning

A little while ago, I posted about unlearning and was asked this question, "How does one unlearn?" Simply, when we use a clean slate, it is easy for us to write whatever we wish. Writing on something that already has something written, however, is quite a task as...

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Have you boxed yourself in?

Have you boxed yourself in?

Last year, I had this fantastic opportunity to be with a group of exuberant people of different places of the world at CapoeirAsia. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art, and the way it is played has always intrigued me. It is high intensity and full of energy, and so...

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A New Beginning

A New Beginning

A little over two months ago, I decided I needed a new website. When I started my journey, dabbling with various healing modalities, I had no one to guide me. I was pretty much on my own, working out what would work for me and what wouldn't. It took me many years to...

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Little Girl

Little Girl

While I am reading Richard Bach's book "Running from Safety" a constant nagging thought running parallel in my mind what if I run into my younger self. What will I see, what will I say, what would I do? And of course the kind of a person I am, I went running back to...

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Routine or Rhythm

Routine or Rhythm

An interesting question was asked by a dear friend of mine. What is more important, Routine or Rhythm? Now if you look at it intellectually aren't they the same? Yet they are so different. The moment a child is told he has to be in a routine, he must have a...

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Dialogue between mind and soul

Dialogue between mind and soul

I slept really late last night, somehow couldn't get my sleep. When I woke up early morning a tiny little voice in me said, 'Go back to sleep, you deserve a proper 8 hour sleep minimum.' I told myself a little more relaxation won't harm me instead I will wake up...

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Celebration

Celebration

Celebrate the vibrant colors of life this Holi Festival. Each day of our life can be a celebration. Take some time today and think – What can you celebrate today? How are you going to do it? Celebrate your health by lighting a candle and giving thanks. Celebrate the...

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Self-love

Self-love

Often when I ask the participants of my workshops what is that one thing you love about yourself the most. Mostly the answers that come are: "I love that I am able to take care of family well". (Well! You are a responsible person and you have done your duty well… So...

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Let your daughters fly

Let your daughters fly

  Being a mother to a 12 year old boy I will never be able to understand how vulnerable a parent of  a daughter feel. Dinner table conversation with friends  raised many questions in my head regarding dating and sex by the younger generation. Though being a...

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Love

Love

Many a times I have asked myself what exactly Love is? Recently the penny dropped for me… Love is Just Being… It is not a concept, has no boundaries, and has no definition. When you can look at other creations of life and admire their beauty and them without any...

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Pranayama

Pranayama

Pranayama is generally understood as breath control, it is true partially; as Prana is not intake of breath it is the 'Life force energy' in us which flows freely. When this prana can't flow freely in our body we start manifesting mental, physical emotional issues....

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Meditation

Meditation

A lot has been talked about meditation. I will only share with you what happens when we meditate and how does it affect our state of being. And what we can do to achieve that state of Peace and Calm, if not Bliss. Our mind has three sections – Conscious mind,...

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Thoughts

Thoughts

When we are going through an issue it becomes so big in our head that our mind starts controlling us. I have always maintained mind is part of us; we are not part of our minds. Let us understand how we can become in charge of mind. When we are born, we are an empty...

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Life—A Miracle Unfolding

Life—A Miracle Unfolding

"What is this LIFE, if not a miracle?" Isn’t it magic, a wondrous gift we’ve been given? We arrive on this earth in the most miraculous way—conception itself is a marvel beyond words. The sheer joy we feel when holding a newborn, and witnessing the purity of life, is...

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Drop the judgement

Drop the judgement

Understanding Your Reflections: The Mirror of Criticism Always remember, when you criticize something or someone, you are actually criticizing a part of yourself. You will only recognize in others what resonates with you energetically. To understand this in simple...

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