Leela Kirloskar
Contemplating Kindness
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV Through the window of my gym early one morning two weeks ago, I...
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Leela Kirloskar
Nov 7, 20144 min read
Accessing Your Creativity
I’m sitting in the November afternoon sun, at the local Starbucks ten minutes away from my little studio apartment in Berkeley. On offer...
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Leela Kirloskar
Nov 1, 20145 min read
Playing with Presence
It’s the last day of October, in a year that’s going by way too fast for me. Outside my window, the steady silver rain I woke up to this...
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Leela Kirloskar
Jul 10, 20143 min read
Love is…Food
I’ve been feasting up a storm ever since I got home last week. Waiting for me were three tins of Turkish delight, divinely soft...
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Leela Kirloskar
Jul 1, 20142 min read
Tuning in to Abundance
I leave sunny Petaluma with enduring images, sounds and smells: of a vast rolling landscape shrouded with morning fog and rich yellow...
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Leela Kirloskar
May 28, 20142 min read
Being Touched By a Circle
Come out of the circle of time. And into the circle of love. ~ Rumi A couple of weeks ago, on a walk through the spectacular giant...
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Leela Kirloskar
May 7, 20143 min read
Creating the Space for Possibility
There are few things more comforting than a piping hot bowl of oatmeal, scented with cinnamon, sweetened with local honey and studded...
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Leela Kirloskar
Apr 22, 20144 min read
A Time for Nourishment
There is nourishment like bread that feeds one part of your life and nourishment like light for another. There are many rules about...
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Leela Kirloskar
Mar 11, 20143 min read
Rediscovering Spontaneity
The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are. A...
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Leela Kirloskar
Feb 12, 20143 min read
Learning Self-Empathy
February is such a mushy month. Love in the shape of hearts and flowers (and diamonds) pours predictably out of newspapers, hoardings and...
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Leela Kirloskar
Jan 12, 20142 min read
Living in Authenticity
January has begun gently in Bangalore. Spring comes early to this southern city, ushering in the new year with a pleasantly cool breeze,...
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Leela Kirloskar
Dec 31, 20134 min read
6 Ways to Sense the Magic in a Moment
Today, on the last day of the year, my pink yoga mat welcomed me back after almost a month away. December has been a blur of travel and...
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Leela Kirloskar
Nov 15, 20133 min read
What’s in a Choice?
Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place – Rumi As the last of the Diwali firecrackers sparkle and fade, I like to reflect on the...
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Leela Kirloskar
Oct 25, 20133 min read
All of Life’s Colours
Earlier this month, I spent a few days in Ooty with family, breathing in the minty eucalyptus air of the Nilgiri hills. It was...
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Leela Kirloskar
Oct 3, 20133 min read
Your Feelings Matter
The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea. – Khalil Gibran...
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Leela Kirloskar
Sep 23, 20133 min read
Beginning to Be
On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day. – Rumi Mornings find...
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Leela Kirloskar
Sep 9, 20133 min read
My Body and I
In Othello, Shakespeare described our bodies as gardens, with our willpower as the gardener. The verse perfectly describes what’s been on...
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Leela Kirloskar
Aug 29, 20133 min read
Letting Go
Surrendering is not a weakness. On the contrary it is a strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a...
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