The Value of Preserving Temples
Energy Spaces and Healing Centers Temples are energy centers and healing spaces to rejuvenate, relax, energize and reconnect to your inner self. Healing happens on many levels, the physical, emotional, mental and being levels to achieve a blissful state of consciousness. Temples are a place for devotees to come together and share as a family, […]
Is there a Yogic Aid to Digestion?
In general we can say sattvic food is easy to digest. For some people lentil and bean dishes may create a problem with gas. To avoid or minimize this, asafetida (hink) is added during the cooking process to aid in digestion. Another way is the yogic way. If you like the relaxing and calming way […]
First Home Visit
I got a bit lost. I had taken a walk and ended up who knows where. To my rescue who came walking there? It was the father of a family I had befriended. He always called me ‘Amma’ and told everyone about me having rented from his son, and who knows what else in his […]
Say Good-bye to Nightmares: How I stopped Dreaming
Stop Dreaming; Is it Possible? Do you sometimes suddenly wake up in the middle of the night? You are fear stricken, sweating all over, or your heart races like crazy. I am sure you have. We all can relate to it. Often that is the end of the night. We are afraid to fall asleep […]
The Bindu for Meditation
My art is about the bindu or dot. The bindu is the central focal point of a yantra like the Sri Yantra that is used for Sri Vidya Puja at Vedic temples. The bindu is created in black, perfect for meditation. It sucks the meditator right in like a black hole especially when the dot […]
Tamil Family Life
A few years ago I stayed five days with a family in the South and experienced first hand Tamil family life. It was a couple whose youngest son, a 20 year old student, still lived with them. In the morning the lady of the house was doing puja, deity worship with incense, light, food offering […]
Sattvic Food – Not Revolution but Evolution
Sattvic food is not about ending animal cruelty, not about eating healthier, not about convincing you that sattvic food is the most beneficial diet on planet earth. No! Sattvic food is not a revolution of some sort but purely evolution. Someone who loves animal food we cannot convince to eat a sattvic diet. That person […]
Sleeper Bus Adventure
Have you ever been on an overnight bus ride on a single upper bunk in India? On my last trip from Bengaluru to Pondicherry I did not know better and got a single upper bunk. I thought it would certainly be great to get a bit of sleep. Actually it was a quite dangerous […]
How to Become Vegetarian
Someone recently asked me how one can best transition from eating meat to becoming a vegetarian. This is a beautiful question! High Energy Food I could answer this question in a logical way giving you many reasons but trying to convince you with reason will bring a result only for a limited time. Eventually it […]
The Nadi Reader
Most of us are curious about what the future holds. Rishis were holy sages who through their spiritual practices were graced with the power of foresight with which they were able to know the future. The rishis made predictions for people who would come forward in the future for a reading. They were all written […]