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Aug 1, 2011

Guided Meditation in New York City

Join our evening guided meditation in a quiet garden in midtown close to Grand Central. This 30-min meditation will take you through some breathing exercises and a simple but effective meditation practice. Class is open to meditation practitioners of all levels. Cost is $10 per class. I look forward to enjoying an evening garden meditation with you in the middle of the city! 7:30pm to 8pm Ever...

Jul 29, 2011
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Dear Dandapaniji...

Here are extracts from a few of the notes of appreciation and gratitude that I received from various campers. As part of their exercise in expressing appreciation and gratitude to their parents, counselors and a person of their choice, a few of them chose to write me some very th
Jul 28, 2011
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A Meeting of Cultures - Africa and India

Today Muni Natarajan and myself were invited to a sacred name giving ceremony that was being conducted on campus here at the West Virginia University by a group of African origin. So it seems that we were not the only ones that are teaching our younger generation about culture, t
Jul 28, 2011
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Cultural Rendezvous in Yoga

Yesterday we invited our African brothers and sisters to join us in our morning Hatha Yoga and meditation practice. This was something new to most of them. I began the class by leading them through a few rounds of Surya Namaskaram (sun salutations) to get them warmed up and stret
Jul 28, 2011
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Gratitude and Appreciation – Simple yet Rewarding Acts

Our week long youth camp is coming to a conclusion and this is the final day of classes. Today we ventured into the world of gratitude and appreciation. As part of today’s class exercise each student was asked to write a note of gratitude to their parents. In doing so they had to
Jul 27, 2011

Clay Ganeshas

This afternoon a lot of the campers had fun making clay Ganeshas. At some point they manage to convince the two teachers, Muni and myself, to join them in this messy but creatively fun project. And we are very glad we did as we had lots of fun.
Jul 27, 2011

Hindu Spiritual Tools for Youth

The core of our study over the last week has been to find ways to incorporate Hindu spiritual tools into our daily lives to help solve the challenges that we face. We did this by having the youth share problems and then suggest solutions based on spiritual tools that they have le