Tropical Gypsy

still here!

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:43:19 +0500

I knew I had to update my blog when I made chocolate cake. One has to have chocolate cake. Not having an oven is inconsequential. I’ve heard about dutch ovens but I’ve never really used or made one before. I figured I can make one out of an oversized pot that the Afghans use to cook rice. I fou

in a flux

Sun, 18 May 2008 09:13:52 +0500

Type, delete, type, delete, type, type, delete.... Where do I begin? I’ve neglected my blog for some time and a lot has happened since my last update in March. In April I was in Pakistan for the whole month to help CRS with their hygiene promotion project. An experience that taught me a lot about

as-a-matter-of-mind ATTC - 4th and last week

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:34:02 +0500

Imagine a monkey. Not the sedate or bored but the whiskey-jugging type. Now sit still for 5 minutes. Focus on your breathing and watch your thoughts. Did you recognize the drunken monkey? For the past 4 weeks we were drilled with yogic techniques to reign in our drunken monkeys with chanting, p

Amazing Kids ATTC - Week 3

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:35:16 +0500

It’s been a pretty uneventful 3rd week at the ashram. The ashram sits on a hill with a dam on one side and a valley of towns on the other side. There is an ongoing battle of the speakers at the valley and they’ve been at it for 3 weeks now. The valley is dotted with hindu temples and christian ch

Vedanta, Lent and Bruno ATTC - Week 2

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:07:27 +0500

Notwithstanding waking up at 4:30 every morning, breathing exercises for 1 hour and holding poses for more than 5 minutes, I am growing and learning a lot at the ATTC. My favorite are the lectures on Vedanta Philosophy, “a system of thought which preaches the unity of existence or oneness of C