http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Maharashtra , Nashik en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 07:52:24 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 07:52:24 +0000 Monday the 28th Headstand DayFinally I sat down to write a little bit. The weekendrsquos been quite busyhellip Lectures new yoda class wersquore advanced now Therersquos always so much I wanna tell you but then I donrsquot have my laptop and forget about ithellip will start taking notes Yeah Friday was pretty intense. Cities in India are just incredibly busy and stressful http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-441409.html Hari om i'm feeling extremely jittery rite now. ive been eating super healthy ayurvedic food since ive been here in the ashram. but on our days off when we are let loose into the city i cannot resist the ridiculously rich chocolate cake icecream and coffee. after such a healthy diet i feel like i'm cheating like a kid sneaking candy bars at fat camp. but hey it's only once a week. tho my bo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-439541.html went trekking in the Harishchandra range in Maharashtra. the summit is 1424m. we started on sat. feb 21. I was to meet my friends Mallik and Sanjay in Kalyan at 6pm. They were taking the train from Mumbai to Kalyan. As for me I started at 330pm from Savarsai village took a rickshaw to Pen then from Pen I took a bus to Panvel then from Panvel I took another bus to Kalyan. I didn't know ther http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-379078.html This blog is a bit late but it took a little while to get over India or rather get used to being back in the west again. India is pretty fantastic.. and at the same time pretty eye opening. The place definitely has a mysticism about it but anywhere with 510000 years of history is bound to be pretty fascinating. We arrived in Mumbai to the eye opening part. We left the airport to a cacophony http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-359924.html Hey All A quick blog to let you know how we are getting on in the Ashram. Well we have completed the first 6 days and passed the first exam on Asana's and survived.. The food is very tasty although somewhat similar.. very nice rice wheat cracked wheat and balti dishes which are so delicately flavoured and really really tasty.. but breakfast lunch and dinner is hard work as I'm just crav http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-345839.html The Past few weeks have been very interesting I came to study Yoga to improve my own practice become a better teacher and attempt to suppress my ego. The cleansing techniques are supposed to help with ego I have been told. So with several attempts and lots of vomit I have succeeded in two of the practices. One of the practices called Dundar Neti involves inserting a catheter into the nose and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-326227.html So where do I begin. It has been an action packed 3 weeks. Manish and I had a fabulous time eating sampling great red wine and sightseeing. More to come on Italy when I can properly upload photos.India all the sights smells and sounds rush back into my memory minutes after landing in Mumbai. My first experiences were great I booked a shared taxi from Mumbai to Nasik and then onto the Ashram. O http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-321241.html Even before the train pulled into Nashik Road railway station I was smitten by the landscape of this grape valley in the Sahyadri range in North Maharashtra. Hills encircling the city looked more like mammoth Shivalingams set against the blue sky and green vineyardsShivji in samadhiIt was only later I learnt that Nashik was Shiva8217s city indeed with a Jyotirlinga at Trayambak at the bas http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-277745.html Hello everyoneFirstly a massive appology to our mothers for not wishing you a happy mothers day last Sunday things were very manic so....Happy mothers day xxxxxxxxOk well when we last left you we headed to Chowpatty beach and we're pleased to inform you that we're still alive and well adter sampling the street food....it was delicious we were very selective though so dont worry we' http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-253724.html Have you ever wondered what Hindus believe About why there are so many Hindu gods Have you ever thought of Hinduism as so far removed from the beliefs of Christians or wonder if there are any beliefs that overlap or seem to overlap We were about to come face to face with one of India's holiest and colorful places and have some of our questions answered.Four hours earlier we were halfrunning http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-249171.html Until recently Nasik was well known for its grapes but mostly table grapes. Slowly the vineyards in Nasik have been experimenting with Winegrapes and the result is fabulous. Nasik has steadily improved its reputation as a wine lovers paradise. The closest vineyardswinery to the city is Sula Wines. Its a great spot for a day picnic. You can visit their website www.sulawines.com and make reserva http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-224723.html Hari OmLife at the ashram continues to be an experience that I am truly blessed to be having. I cannot believe that I only have a week remaining I have learned so much and am eager to get home and help all of the people I love so much. Yoga is truly a path of personal development but part of that development is helping those around you. I will be back in the States on Tuesday Dec. 11. I f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-224165.html Hari OmThat is the yogic greeting at the ashram. It is in reference to the supreme powers in the universe. Life at the ashram is peaceful and quite beautiful. The setting is amazing. I walk out my front door to see the beautiful countryside framed with an interesting range of small mountains. The mountains and entire area are said to be very sacred and devotees of Lord Shiva make pilgrimages http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-220286.html So here I am in Nashik.....about 170km 6 hours on a nonairconditioned bus from Mumbai..... The Ashram Yoga Vidya Dham is surrounded by such beauty.....mountains that resemble temples and such an expanse of beautiful nature. It's very sacred and spiritual land and you can feel the energy of the place The perfect setting to wake up before sunrise and start chanting mantras and meditating http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-176765.html It occurs to me that I havenrsquot really written anything about my original time in Nasik Trimbak. Basically I did yoga and a short course in Ayurveda. It was great. There were lots of wonderfully great people. We had great chats learnt great things and did great things. On our days off we also did great things. I went to lots of temples and saw bathing places not just our showers and the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-176257.html Nasik is a really friendly place so is Trimbuk where the ashram is actually situated.. it's no suprise I want to stay longer. The yoga course is finishing in a couple of days and the plan is to stay for the ayurveda and then volunteer for a while. Editing the Yoga books. Hmm.. my literary skills are pretty nonexistent can't pull the wool over ur eyes can i But at least it'll be a slight http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-154073.html Our 100th Blog EntryNasik or Nashik is one of India's most famous holy cities sitting on the banks of the spiritual River Godavari but that's not the main reason why we came. It is a place of common pilgrimage amongst millions of Hindus but that's not why we came. Nasik is home to thousands of temples and colourful bathing Ghats but that's not why we came. No the reason we came is because Nas http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-132380.html Well we got onto the train at 2pm in jaipur and reached Mumbai at 8am on the 14th. The train journey was funny well as I said before we were in non AC 2nd class and you have every kind of person walking down the aisles from chai wala's one of the chai wala's had a rap going on it was too funny to poor people people dragging themselves with no legs down the aisle begging and even hijrah's tra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-120360.html 2006helliphelliphellip6wks4th CYCLING TRIPGujarat Southern Rajasthan INDIA...........I put my bike together at the train station with the idea that I would have a pleasant ride into town from the railway station but alas I find that putting FRAGILE on lugagge doesn't mean a lot. Peddalingpete became pissedoffpete when I realised that the main gear sprocket had been bent badly. It was in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-88070.html 2006helliphelliphellip6wks4th CYCLING TRIPGujarat Southern Rajasthan INDIA...........Coming to a country that values its cows over some of its people that has about 1 billion people who don't share a common language in the world's largest democracy where you need to avoid a cow donkey pig pack of dogs and human excement in the middle of the main street of a major city of over 1mill http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-87772.html