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OUR JOURNEY Many moons ago, we talked about our dreams of moving to a rural environment to lead a simpler and cleaner life. To allow the boys to grow closer to Mother Nature and be a part of her embrace in its entirety. The Himalayas somehow, had its magnetic hands hovering from another life. And when a calling came from Nepal, we took it hastily. A sleepy village nestled in the hills adjacent to the magnificent Annapurna became our new home. In her white towering peaks shadowing creature and forest, her anarchy of icy winds, fury hailstorms, merciless monsoon rains – we sing, dance and cry together. This is our journey of building an earth home and a retreat. For learning, unlearning, relearning and being intrigued with the big questions in life. It is through the expression of yoga and in the spirit of exploration, dialogue and discourse that we have hope; hope to facilitate and ignite a breath of air where tradition engages the contemporary. JANUARY 2020

An Abode in the Himalaya

Swara reverberates where the cycle of dawn and dusk becomes a sphere of music and the sun is said to be humming the wheel of the world.

Like a seed, it has germinated and sprouted silently, humbled in its presence. It takes on its shape absorbing the essence of its surroundings, awaits the gathering energy from the sun, and converts sunbeam into sugar. Like the seed, spinning sunshine into sweetness is the walk we strive for.

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