What makes us sad, stressed, anxious and fearful? v/s what makes us joyful, light and happy? These are emotions that we experience as humans due to external factors happening around us.  Triggers are threats that signal danger to our nervous system. Example reviving a bad experience due to watching something on TV. The TV scene…

How do you like to spend your Sundays? Full on with activities packed throughout the day or slow, lazy Sundays?  As we all have different lifestyles, we have various ways of spending our free time. For me, I usually do not like going out on Sundays. I like to stay home; a slow morning in…

“On Sundays, we read books.” That’s my usual line to my one year old niece . We spend the morning trying to ‘read’  but she would rather read my book  than hers. In this digital era, I hope I can transmit my love for books with the new generation. As a kid, I loved reading.…

Today 21st June is International yoga day and World music day. Two things that I love and which form part of my everyday routine. Years ago, I had been practising yoga on and off either by joining random yoga classes or watching YouTube videos. In 2019, I followed the Inner Engineering program by Isha Foundation…

It is common in Mauritius to go on school trips by bus with the whole class, what we commonly call “excursions” in French. As a kid I would always look forward to that annual trip where we would usually visit a new place and enjoy a picnic by the beach. Now as adults , we…

As we bid farewell to March and look forward to April, I find myself reflecting on the magical month of March.  I celebrate my birthday on 20th March. It is also the international day of Happiness and Equinox fell on the same date this year. I feel that even if I did not have a…

Mauritius was an uninhabited island before being colonised. The Dutch (1638- 1710), French ( 1715-1810) and British (1810-1968) colonised the island and shaped its destiny.  Mauritius obtained its independence from Britain on 12th March 1968. The island therefore has a lot of French and British influence in its language, architecture and even names of villages…

To finish off writing about food I had in South India, let me walk you through a couple of dishes. In the ashram at Isha Yoga Center, I did not take any picture of the food as there is a certain ambience and rules while eating which I respect. The main meals are served twice…

I spent my last 2 days in India in Coimbatore city, practicing my yoga in the hotel room and missing the ashram vibes. I spent two nights at Taj Vivanta hotel in Coimbatore and it was my second time staying there. However this time I have discovered a little jewel called IKON by Annapoorna. I…

It has been a dream since 2019 to attend the Maha Shivratree at Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore.  My desire to visit the ashram kept growing and finally I visited the yoga center in 2024 for my 40th birthday ( a gift to myself as my birthday was on Ekadashi).  The wish to attend Mahashivratree…