Our third day began again with a morning program. After gurupuja, and a kirtan, we read through some verses from the Bhagavad Gita, and discussed what thoughts we had about them.
Over the two days that had already passed, some tension and disagreements had already started arising between the girls, so we talked a lot about [...]
Dawn in the Harrison household. The first glow of orange tints the horizon. All is still.
Suddenly, a cacophony of alarms begin to sound. Electric beeping in six discordant tones, crackly self recorded music from mobile phone alarms, ringing sounds – coming from five different parts of the house. They ring for a few minutes, then [...]
We awoke to streaming sunshine on our first Welsh morning. We were staying in a house owned by ISKCON Swansea, normally used as a brahmachari ashram, but kindly vacated for us by Sukhi prabhu, the lone brahmachari who lives there at the moment. Whilst the girls were still asleep, I tiptoed round the house, trying [...]
I read the Chronicle Books Blog, on which this was posted this morning. I find it so inspiring, and I think it’s so important to cultivate these kinds of projects in all communities. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are inextricably linked to nature, gardening and cooking, and I think that I’m a better, [...]
I bent down from my lofty height
as the driving rain fell all around.
He smoothly slid with all his might,
across the cracking concrete ground.
Each body part remained connected,
but he pushed himself beyond his range.
His goal and path were self directed,
but to reach, he had to make a change.
Why poke his head above the surface,
with body soft [...]
Inspired by the trips organised by Jaya Radhe and Anapayini in America, and also by our experiences on the summer Vaisnava Youth Bus Tour, my friend Nadiya and I decided to organise our own Kishori Yatra trip. Perhaps no so smartly, we picked one of the wettest weeks of the year, to make our way [...]
I’m suffering from a bit of a blog material overload. Last week, I led a 5 day trip to Wales for ten teenage girls – a half holiday/half spiritual retreat that was enjoyable, but an extremely stressful challenge at the same time. The week before, I attended a workshop with the legendary Carnatic singer, Aruna [...]
I’m suffering from a bit of a blog material overload. Last week, I led a 5 day trip to Wales for ten teenage girls – a half holiday/half spiritual retreat that was enjoyable, but an extremely stressful challenge at the same time. The week before, I attended a workshop with the legendary Carnatic singer, Aruna [...]
A few weeks ago I went for a walk on my university campus. It’s set in the middle of Trent Country Park so there’s a beautiful beech forest, and plenty of interesting flora and fauna about. I passed the pond full of placidly swimming ducks, as I made my way back to the main building. [...]
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