by Gayle | Mar 18, 2020 | Personal Odyssey
Throughout the night, in drifting consciousness, the whizzing dopplers of freeway traffic outside my window kept mingling with the rote memory recalls of newly learned asana, pranayama, mantras and shuddhi kriya techniques. In a way that only dreams can....
by Gayle | Oct 4, 2019 | Mahima Creations
When walking outside, it is the practice of many devotees of chanting to keep their malas inside a japa mala bag. (Sometimes called a gomukhi bag). This not only serves to keep the beads clean, but it also keeps your chanting private – between you and God. All...
by Gayle | Apr 28, 2019 | My Journey, Personal Odyssey
Up early to catch the 8:30 Allahabad Jaipur SF Express. Allahabad has changed its name to Prayagraj, but the train hasn’t changed its name. Arriving just around 1 pm I made my way to the Jaipur Hotel New, down a wholesale pharmaceutical alleyway,...
by Gayle | Oct 19, 2018 | Mahima Creations
Today is a major festival in India call Dussehra. The widely celebrate festival commemorates the defeat of the demon king Ravan by Lord Ram. Huge effigies of Ravan go up in smoke all over India. It represents the TRIUMPH of GOOD over EVIL The kids are off from...
by Gayle | Sep 30, 2018 | Mahima Creations
When the working day is done, girls just wanna have fun! In our new home/workshop, we continue the tradition of having kirtan on Friday afternoons. TGIF Kirtan! Around 4 o’clock every Friday, the ladies clean up early, clear the floor and grab an instrument. ...
