Travel Day 939 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Great, my finger was infected, I had pain in my hand and I couldn’t do Seva or practice Tabla any more, but despite all that I was already off to better things… I had signed up for a two-day class to learn the IAM Technique, the Integrated […]

Travel Day 938 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today was Tuesday, a holiday at the ashram where Amma apparently hosted a meditation session, a teaching and a ceremonial serving of the lunch… Initially we were told that the meditation with Amma would happen in the temple, but as the crowds had grown, the session had […]

Travel Day 937 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today I actually managed to get up a bit earlier and so I finally found myself at the beach by 6.30am for the morning meditation… Unfortunately it turned out to be not the guided meditation that I had expected and the few people who had bothered to […]

Travel Day 936 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA After my quite disappointing and somewhat mechanical hugging experience yesterday, today was finally my day of getting involved and doing my Seva at the compost plant… Again I didn’t make it out of bed for the early morning program, because I ended up watching Amma doing her […]

Travel Day 935 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA After a good night of rest while skipping the entire morning program, the world looked different again and I decided to give this Ashram a real chance… For me personally giving the ashram a chance meant staying for a little while longer, getting involved in the community […]

Travel Day 934 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today was quite an Active Travel Day, but it was also an Arrival Day and in this case I was arriving at the Amma Ashram in Amritapuri, officially called Mata Amritanandamayi Math… After enjoying the nice climate of Bangalore for a couple of days, I was seriously […]