I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid...

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...

I’m sitting in the November afternoon sun, at the local Starbucks ten minutes away from my little studio apartment in Berkeley. On offer...

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...

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...

I leave sunny Petaluma with enduring images, sounds and smells: of a vast rolling landscape shrouded with morning fog and rich yellow...

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...

There are few things more comforting than a piping hot bowl of oatmeal, scented with cinnamon, sweetened with local honey and studded...

There is nourishment like bread that feeds one part of your life and nourishment like light for another. There are many rules about...

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...

February is such a mushy month. Love in the shape of hearts and flowers (and diamonds) pours predictably out of newspapers, hoardings and...

January has begun gently in Bangalore. Spring comes early to this southern city, ushering in the new year with a pleasantly cool breeze,...

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...

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...

Earlier this month, I spent a few days in Ooty with family, breathing in the minty eucalyptus air of the Nilgiri hills. It was...

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...

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...

In Othello, Shakespeare described our bodies as gardens, with our willpower as the gardener. The verse perfectly describes what’s been on...

Surrendering is not a weakness. On the contrary it is a strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a...