Dakini Mountain
“Are you going to Ladakh with us?” That’s how this whole trip started. A timely text message from yogi Tashi on an afternoon tea break, where I was able to immediately turn around to my boss and demand politely state “I have two questions for you. Why are you going to Ladakh and why didn’t…
My Spiritual Awakening
My spiritual awakening happened not so very long ago. If you read my first blog ‘An Aussie in Dharamshala’ you would already know part of this story. For those that haven’t; here are the salient points. It was July 2016, I was working in a job that was eating my soul alive, little by little.…
Opening My Heart Chakra
It wasn’t until I had been in India for about four months that something happened which I can only describe as the opening of my heart chakra. I had made a vowel to myself before coming to this land that I was going to start listening to the voice of my heart, but I hadn’t…
Dakini
It was on my fateful sojourn to a Tibetan nomad camp in 2017 where I was officially declared a dakini by Pachen (Oracle of Tibet). Details of this trip can be found in my previous blogs entitled “2 days in a Tibetan nomad camp”. Until this seemingly innocuous announcement had been made so casually over…
3 Signs Your Intuition Is Trying To Tell You Something
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations…I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.” …
Two Days In A Tibetan Nomad Camp- Day 2
The Puja Preparations for the puja itself started early in the morning with numerous tasks to be completed. Amidst a series of mini chod-like prayers, the ritual altar and all its accompaniments needed to be set up. One of the first tasks was the preparation of the ‘Sang’. Into a large bowl went over 20…
My First Chod Ritual
It’s a cool winters afternoon set amidst the backdrop of the ancient ruins of Nalanda (acclaimed Buddhist University in modern-day Bihar). As with everything else I have experienced in India, this is a place of polarity where the serenity is in direct contrast to the bustling streets and chaos just outside the walls. The energy…
Walking in the Shadows
“Soul work is not a high road. It is a deep fall into an unforgiving darkness that won’t let you go until you find the song that sings you home” McCall Erickson In what seems like an ever-increasing time of confusion and political turmoil we, as a society have come to a crossroads. Do we…