22 Hearts and 44 Eyes
This is the third year that Rimmi Singh, her sister Pammi, and I have taken a group of yogi travelers, yatri, to India. Each time the trip is to somewhat …
Eyes Open Meditation, Part V
By mid-morning, we had returned to the temple grounds for the culminating event of the festival, darshan. Shiva Nataraja was waiting in the Raja Sabha, and even though we arrived …
Eyes Open Meditation, Part IV
The morning of the tenth day of the festival began at 1:30am. My roommate at the hotel and I had missed the wake-up call to be at the temple, and …
Eyes Open Meditation, Part III
Later that day when the parade began, the streets surrounding the temple had become the temple itself. Shiva Nataraja was at large in the outside world, with Shivakamasundari following closely …
Eyes Open Meditation, Part II
The morning of the ninth day was the preparation to parade Shiva Nataraja and his consort, Shivakamasundari, in the streets. We were up at 2am to be at the temple within an …
Eyes Open Meditation, Part I
When 2011 began, I told myself this is the year that I learn to surf. Instead, I went to India. It’ll be a bit like falling down the rabbit hole, …