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2 Years Later: Reflections on Vipassana Meditation
Reading, writing, music, photography, and any other forms of entertainment were forbidden during the ten-day silent meditation retreat i attended in 2010 in Chennai, India. Two years later, I’m finally ready to share more details about the experience. day 1. … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, bodies, health, india, meditation, southern india, transition, travel, vipassana
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quick update
first thing’s first: he’s out of prison. whew. secondly, i wanted to share this photo from india with you. i spent a lot of time at the ganesh temple in pondicherry in the state of tamil nadu. i even got … Continue reading
photo catch-up from india
i had an amazing adventure in south india, beginning with spending two months in mysore. then i traveled to pondicherry, mamalapuram, and chennai, all in the southeast state of tamil nadu. from there i crossed back over by night … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, blessings, hokkaido, india, love, mysore, photos, southern india, transition, travel, yoga
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vipassana meditation
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Tagged blessings, breath, heartbeats, india, love, meditation, morning, southern india, transition, travel, vipassana
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mysore the beautiful
for some reason i was thinking that i couldn’t blog just because i don’t have a camera right now. but that’s just an excuse! let me say that india is beautiful. i was thinking today about how my perception of … Continue reading
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Tagged balya kuppe, golden temple, india, karnataka, southern india, tibet, travel
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