The impressive Mediation Centre at Auroville - if you look closely you may notice a man standing at the entrance looking up. Last I wrote was after my visit to the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. The routine over the past 10 days has been - to be on the bus the each morning at 7am, which is a sleep-in for me. I’m usually up at 2.45am to start in Sydney. Boarding the bus at 7am has meant sleeping in until 3.30am to manage a yoga practice, mediation, swim, pack, breakfast and

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian rebel born in the late 1800’s. He was wanted by the authorities of the time for acting out against British rule. He was eventually captured and while imprisoned for several years he had a spiritual experience which led to him reaching heightened states of awareness. On his release he formed an ashram in the city of Pondicherry. His home became a refuge to those who needed it. He wrote hundreds of books and gave discourse daily until his passing in

The steamy south of India which is pre-monsoon makes the city of Chennai a melting pot of short tempered locals as we inch our way from Chennai airport to our hotel. What was to be a 5 hour journey from Cochin to Chennai turned into a 16 hour experience. This has been the longest of our delays so far. Our tour guides are of course doing their best to laugh it off. “It's India ho ho!” Or " remember when I tell you that today we must travel 190km, it is not the distance, it is

We boarded a bus at 3.30am to attend World Yoga Day in Chandigarh, India. It's been a very busy schedule with Indian Tourism entertaining us. They clearly feel that we must somehow experiencing EVERY THING. There are 22 of us, of which I will add that I'm the only yogi, on tour with 21 travel agents from various parts of the world, including; Italy, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Greece, Holland, Malaysia. We boarded a bus in the early hours to travel to Chandigarh. The total attendanc