India
Yoga – what is it really? And an Isha Yoga Asanas workshop in Calgary, January 20 and 21, 2018
Yoga means union. Yogis, people who practice yoga, believe our individuality is an illusion and yoga’s purpose is to help us go beyond our limited perception of existence to realize our oneness. Yoga is not a workout or a fad. Yoga is not a religion. It is a path to self-transformation. Through meditation the mind […]
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An invitation to my 2018 India trip – Delhi, Rajasthan, Agra and Kolkata
I’ve been fascinated with India and Indian cooking for a very long time. My mentor Noorbanu Nimji and I published A Spicy Touch – Family Favourites from Noorbanu Nimji’s Kitchen in December of 2015 but we’ve done tours and taught Indian cooking together in Calgary since about 2007. In 2011, because I am also founder […]
MoreEating #India with @AlbertaFoodTour – a @CityPalate article by Catherine Van Brunschot
Huge thanks to writer Catherine Van Brunschot for the City Palate magazine piece she wrote about the 2014 cuisine and culture trip to India I organized. I’ve been leading these tours with my company Alberta Food Tours and our business partner Indus Travels since 2012. Catherine’s a writer’s writer. She quietly observes, scribbles notes and jots […]
MoreHave a #lionheart and #nevergiveup – good themes for 2017
I don’t go to many movies. I find most of them too violent or crass for my well being but, I went to Lion recently and it moved me and motivated me to write this blog. The main character in Lion, a small boy named Saroo, gets stuck on an empty deadheading train and ends […]
More#namaskar – #yoga anyone can do – a video from @SadhguruJV
I have written about Sadhguru before. He is a teacher. He helps people along a spiritual path to living more consciously. So much of the way we live is outwardly focused. Sadhguru is helping people go inward with yogic practices. The video above is about one such practice: Namaskar. Sadhguru says that by simply folding your hands […]
More#IDY2016 – the gift of a guru – @SadhguruJV and @Ishafoundation
I met a great teacher last year in India. I met Sadhguru. Sadh means knowledge that comes from within. Guru is a Sanskrit: गुरु noun that connotes “teacher”. When I met Sadhguru, I met an enlightened human being who is able to access knowledge from within. This is the knowledge of all existence from the beginning […]
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Armchair #Travel to #India – my favourite #books and #movies about the culture
I feel privileged to travel to India every year. I felt its pull when I began practicing yoga 15 years ago. I wanted to go to the place that taught people to focus on awareness and fully living in this existence. Now that I’ve been a few times, I am increasingly drawn and look forward to each […]
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