by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Rambling, Samsara
When I got a small cold in Isha yoga center last year, the in-house doctor suggested I quarantine and wear a mask to avoid infecting others. I was considering wearing the mask, but when I mentioned it to a volunteer friend, she said, “maybe he thinks you might...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Samsara, Sant Sangati
My thoughts and emotions towards doctors hold a fair bit of anger, disappointment, resentment and much frustration. The Allopathy doctors – the most common ones, with the whole medical infrastructure of testing and clinics and pharmacies all over the place. A...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Indic Culture, Samsara
Many years back my Grand-dad died. It was one of the closest deaths for me. Other deaths had taken place but either I was too young, or I personally didn’t feel a major connect with the person. So this was one of the closest deaths for me. Naturally, I went with...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Practical Benefits, Sant Sangati
In Amdavad (Ahmedabad), I stay at the Dada Bhagwan Foundation ashram. A neighbourhood uncle, loves playing chess. And while I don’t play the game often, I do have a penchant for it. So the uncle looks out for me to play the game whenever I am there. He plays...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Jainism, Sant Sangati
She said, “Because I didn’t get admission in college” “I have studied only till 10th standard. That was in Gujarat in Gujarati medium. I didn’t know any English. My family then shifted to Mumbai. But the college in Mumbai insisted that I...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Rambling, Samsara
In the ashram a lot of random things get said. Different ashrams have different levels of crap being spoken in a very normalized fashion. From a friend who had apparently been to another hippie place (not sure it can be called an ashram) said that Isha is really good...
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