Reflections of a Yogini
Dear Faith, thank you.
For my New Year’s collage this year I decided my word for 2015 was going to be Faith. Now, as July comes to an end and August begins, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on this word; especially since it was the theme of my teachers closing words at the recent meditation retreat I went to, and it’s also something my family is relying on heavily as we watch death slowly approach my grandfather.
I’m so grateful for my faith.
The magic of meditation.
I love India. There’s something so magical about being there…but so hard to put into words.
India is a country full of all sorts of extremes that can stimulate your senses and evoke a lot of emotions. These extremes are not compartmentalized or segregated, but instead they all co-exist. There’s richness and poorness, spirituality and materialism, spicy and extra spicy :), wide open farmland and overly congested cities, traffic jams and water buffalo crossings, delicious aromas and putrid smells and a deep innate sense of the constant bustle and peaceful stillness that life has to offer.
It’s amazing.
Wishing you…
Dear Friends, I'll be back in few short weeks from India, but until then, I wish you all the HAPPIEST HOLIDAY SEASON AND THE BRIGHTEST NEW YEAR that you've yet seen :)! xo, Kajal
My traveling boots are on…
Hello all!
Well, I leave for India this weekend and boy, am I excited! I have not been to India since 2006 and I know so much has changed….for the country as well as for myself :). This will be the first time my family in India will meet my husband…this Thanksgiving marks our 7 year Anniversary, so this visit is definitely overdue!
Deepest Gratitude & Adoration
This past summer I had the fortune of spending quite a bit of time with my meditation teacher Shri Anandi Ma. For those of you that don’t know, Anandi Ma is a spiritual master in the lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga. Her mission is to help people reach their true selves through meditation; and she has students all across the world.
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