You may think that an ashram environment is one of peace and tranquility and it certainly can be at times, but the truth of the matter is, wherever human beings gather, there can be drama. This popular spiritual commune was no different. Located near the foothills of the Himalayas, it is one of [...]
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You’re Under Arrest
About a year or so after moving to Miami and helping to start an ashram there, my husband and I relocated from Coconut Grove to a large, two story house situated close to Jackson Memorial Hospital in a lovely neighborhood not far from the Miami River. Our neighbor’s properties had enormous, lush mango [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on October 16, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/youre-under-arrest/
Safety Precautions…
When I lived in Boston, during my ashram days in the 70s, I started carrying a police whistle and a small billy club with me. While walking alone from my house to the main ashram (which was about two blocks away and around the corner) for our morning yoga and meditation sadhana, I had had a frightening [...]
Posted by Bodhirose on September 3, 2010
http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/safety-precautions/
Gayle Walters Rose
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