Spending the day at the Claridges hotel turned out to be an astonishingly necessary component of my transformation.  The entirety of the attentive hotel staff was welcomingly formal and always addressed me as Mrs. Callan, or Madam. After breakfast, since I had a brand new camera, I thought I might learn how to use it before the Spiritual Yoga Pilgrimage began, with the intention of gaining proficiency to be as efficient as possible while touring.  I decided to start by taking pictures of the hotel. Walking out the front of the hotel, the Bell Captains, exquisitely uniformed and

After unpacking, and taking a hot bath and a shower, I settled into bed and listened to Dr. Nazari’s Yoga Nidra meditation on my ipod.  After meditation, my eyes were wide open, and I was wide awake.  Typically, Yoga Nidra helps me to eventually fall asleep, but I was so excited!  Or, simply over exhausted.  Or, both. Yoga nidra (Sanskrit: योग निद्रा) means Yogic Sleep. Yoga nidra is one of the deepest forms of meditations, leading awareness through many levels of mental processes to a state of profound stillness and insight. In Yoga nidra, one leaves the Waking state,

At about 3:00am, safely in the van to the hotel, as we drove away from the stridency of Indira Gandhi International Airport, a calm and quietness surrounded us.  The bright lights faded into darkness as we sped through the unlit streets of Delhi.  I stared out the window to the left side of the street, which was an unending line of makeshift outbuildings.  Shadows were busily moving about selling tires, mechanical parts, food, and tea. A motorcycle sped past us, with four grown men on it!  The guy on the back looking at his cell phone as confidently

“The people”.  Without hesitation is always my response to this question, many of you have asked.  Followed by a tilt of the head and “Reeeally?” As I mentioned in earlier posts, my heart was wide open to this Spiritual journey, like a portal to the infinite possibilities of compassion, light, love, and gratitude.  I longed to have a deep a spiritual connection with as many people with whom I could possibly come into contact.  Some of those connections were conversations ranging from a blissful brief few moments, to heart throbbing hours of exploring the depths of the heart, as