Pune Pilgrimage

Cooking for yourself adds a certain energy to the food you eat. This energy is hopefully positive and loving. Restaurant food, often prepared in a hurry is not imbued with this good energy. Foods on hot bars that have been sitting under heat for many hours, foods cooked  with toxic oils, and food that is…

Acid reflux is not just a symptom that needs a band aid medication or supplement ,but it can be viewed as a signal from the body that something you are doing is not agreeing with the way you’re body likes to function. People are so in a hurry to fix it and move on with…

Greetings  from India, It’s 4:50 am..  Sat. Nov 3rd..not a sound or a light outside. My body still adjusting to the time zone change. Weather  somewhat cooled off from the rain yesterday 70’s or so. Hotel Swaroop is the location on Prabat Road- pretty central to many places in Pune. Breakfast starts at 8am.. laidback compared…

Dear friends, The first day of Spring is a special day in my life; my anniversary. Yesterday we celebrated 34 years! We’ve had the same ups and downs as everyone else but one thing we share that has sustained us is the practice of meditation. From the practice of meditation, I learned that I am…

Let’s explore the word “supplement” from Wikipedia and compare the meaning of supplementing vs. substituting. I feel this is vital to understand as we incorporate holistic modalities into our lifestyle and do it with a rational and conscious approach . Supplement-addition: an addition to something to increase its size or make up for a deficiency….

There are only a handful of things that can access inner consciousness and healing; one of them is “marma therapy”. Originating from Ayurveda 3000 to 5000 years back, marma points or energy points under the skin’s surface when pressed gently can go beyond the physical level. Touch begins on the physical level, but it can…