I arrived here in Rishikesh on October 17, 2018 and made my way to Swami Rama’s Sadhana Mandir Ashram. Why Sadhana Mandir you may ask. I took some classes with Dr. Rudy Ballentine who was Swami Rama’s doctor at his ashram in New York and I wanted to see what … Read More
After 24 days in Varanasi it was time for me to make my way to Rishikesh for meditation and yoga. I know what you might be thinking, I just finished a 10-day vipassana course and in under a week later I’m taking another course in meditation and yoga. Yup, that’s … Read More
I have wanted to take a 10-day vipassana course since a few friends told me about it a few years ago. Since I was traveling to India and a town called Sarnath, about 14km from Varanasi I found a place called Dhamma Chakka Meditation Center. Here’s a bit of a … Read More
I couldn’t get to this piece of writing before I left due to time constraints and wanted to write about it before I wrote about my vipassana experience… What I did on my last day in Varanasi was talked about as being something I should be doing as one of … Read More
Rohit (the dairy farmer) was talking to me about the cows he raises and the cows that are in the streets in India. This man has a passion for what he does and is very progressive in his practices, even in the USA! Millions of Hindus revere and worship cows. … Read More
Last night was a special night. I was invited to Reeta’s sons (Rohit) home for dinner last night. Rohit runs a dairy farm a few doors down and I was interested in how things were run knowing they would be very different from the USA, just not sure how different … Read More
I’ve been wanting to write about my experience with the food since I have gotten here and there’s been so much more on my mind other than the food. India has 28 states and in each state they have their own dialect of Hindi that is not universally spoken. The … Read More
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