Before I left the ashram at Rishikesh, I had visitors outside my little cottage, the ashram cows! They even walked up onto the tiles to see me. More like dogs than cows, they really enjoyed having their heads rubbed. Then is was farewell to everyone and off at 5 the next morning. Taxi to Haridwar railway station, train to Delhi, overnight at a lovely guesthouse (not many of those in Delhi) then off to the airport by mid-morning. Flying into Kathmandu is wonderful, it is such a beautiful place, well not Kathmandu exactly but Nepal with all the mountains. Francesca was so excited as we flew in that it was infectious. So here I am back in Kathmandu and how fabulous it was to be met by Raju and his family. His two children Rajan and ... read more

Leaving Kaivalyadharma was quite sad, even though it was a bit like a prison at times. I had learned so much that there was no turning back from yoga and I had also made many, many great friends. But it was time to head off to Mumbai to stay at a 5 star hotel with Kerry, a friend from Adelaide and to catch up with my roomie Shilpa. The Trident in Mumbai, right on the water front was pure luxury after the ashram and being on the 20th floor felt like we were out at sea. Shipla was a wonderful hostess and took us out and about Mumbai. We saw and went to places that we would have never found on our own and had some great meals. I especially loved going to Leopold’s and if ... read more

I think that my last blog was when I was in Munnar, a wonderful tea plantation area in Kerala and since then I have done so much. I will fill you in as succinctly as possible and bring you up to date. In Coimbatore in the state of Tamil Nadu I worked for a foundation and ashram who are attempting, and are on their way to succeeding, in putting a school in every rural village of Tamil Nadu. My job was to train a group of teachers in how to run a school library. It was completely back to basics, but the teachers were wonderful and I enjoyed every minute of it. At first I was sharing a room with three others, which was a first and one I wasn’t that happy about, but the girls ... read more

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I have had requests from friends to update my blog for India, so here is a very quick one! Pondicherry is as wonderful as I remember it from last year. In fact I was supposed to be going to Ooty but cancelled that so that I could stay longer here. There are not many photos because I have been too busy doing things, meeting amazing people, reading incredibly inspiring books and meditating. What have I done to deserve this I wonder. On prompting from friends, once again, I have been keeping a journal, here is my second day in Pondi. 21st March This is where I wanted to stay last time I was in Pondi but it was full. Now here I am in my sparse but adequate and clean room, with a private bathroom, a ... read more