So now I'm finally home in England, missing Sadhana like crazy! My last week was both beautiful and exhausting. Getting myself together to leave and saying goodbye to some new found lifelong friends was difficult but I knew this chapter in my life was going to have to end sometime. One of the main things I made sure I crammed into this week was seeing the Matrimandir. This was an experience, what kind, I'm still not sure! It's very strict with regards to getting an appointment so David and I booked days in ahead. We turned up, had to watch a [View Full Entry]

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So yesterday I went to a beautiful garden called 'Project Ecolake'. This couple took a landscape that quite literally looked like the moon as it was totally baron and just 35 years later it's now a lush dry evergreen forest which is indiginous to Southern India. So basically it looks just as Sadhana forest should do in 35 years. It was really inspiring as it was so beautiful. More than anything I was overwhelmed by the couples devotion and hardwork in the cause. They're so much like Aviram and Yorit (the family who started Sadhana forest). They let very few people [View Full Entry]

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So a few of us from Sadhana embarked on an adventure to Varanasi to see the solar eclipse. It was a 41 hour train journey, going over 2000 miles. Suprisingly the train ride was actually a great experience. We had beds and slept for most of the journey so it passed much faster than I imagined it to. Some of the scenery we saw on the way was beautiful too. It was so green, which was really refreshing as it's not so green around here in Sadhana. Even in our forest it's not particularly green, although it's getting there. Varanasi was [View Full Entry]

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Since I last wrote to you all I've been on a rollercoaster of emotions, feelings and experiences! I got really sick from drinking some of the local water, which made me feel pretty homesick. The last thing you want when you're feeling awful is 40 degree heat, no family, no real toilet and no comfy bed! But i pulled through and feel pretty amazing, plus everyone looked after me! I really love the community feel here, it seems to get stronger everyday. It's strange to share everything with such a big group of people, I very rarely spend time by myself, [View Full Entry]

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I've taken some photos of the forest for you to see a little more about where I'm living. To explain the shower system, we fill up a bucket, and that's pretty much it. We have a cup, and scoop the water out to then pour over us. The cold water is like a blessing as it seems to be getting hotter and hotter by the day!! The toilet system is fully sustainable. We use our waste as compost, sounds pretty gross, but it really doesn't smell in there. I might actually volunteer to be the shit stirrer one week, haha! Although [View Full Entry]

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So here I am, at Sadhana Forest. This is my third day here and I couldn't be happier. In such a short space of time I've met some amazing people who I'm already learning a lot from. To top it off my surroundings are perfect. We each have small huts to live in which are simple but that's all that's needed. I thought I'd have a hard time adjusting to live without my comfortable king size, but I've had the best nights sleep than I've had for a long time here. Everything is so open and shared. You wake up to [View Full Entry]

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So here I am, bored out of my mind in Dubai airport. I've managed to kill 7 hours so far by wandering around Deira city centre.... I still can't get over how easy it was to just walk out of the airport and come back in again!! Anyway, I must say, I thought I'd be really impressed with Dubai, but I'm not...at all. Everywhere you look is beige, or white = bland! The sky isn't clear blue, it's kind of a bland beigey grey and it's unbearably hot. But then again, my perception may be down to lack of sleep and [View Full Entry]

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