Journey to Himalayas

02/09/2024

Walk in the Footsteps of Buddha

03/21/2023

The art of weaving being passed from one generation to another.
Khoma, Bhutan.

The art of weaving being passed from one generation to another. Village Khoma, Lhuntse, Bhutan. Villages of Khoma, along with Kurtoe in Eastern Bhutan are re...

03/02/2023

Story behind the clearest photo of the moon

16-year-old Prathamesh Jaju from Pune achieved a milestone in astrophotography by capturing one of the clearest image of the Moon known to us. To discover mo...

10/24/2022

As Bhutan reopens to tourism on September 23, 2022, its daily tourist fees are increasing. Here's everything to know about planning your visit.

10/08/2022

2023 Trip to Spiti & Ladakh

09/02/2022

Real Heroes of the Himalayas

08/29/2022

08/29/2022

Chapter 2: Janie
Janie was the special guest on the Hiking and Yoga trip to Zanskar in 2019. Depending on the needs of the group on each day, she crafted the Yoga sessions very skillfully.

An authentic cultural adventure in the Indian HimalayasJourney To Himalayas offers customized premium trips all over India. Small groups with individual atte...

08/15/2022

Journey to Himalayas August 2023 Newsletter

08/12/2022

First in a series of six short films (3-5 min), shot from the footage from the Hiking and Yoga trip to Phuktal, Zanskar.

https://youtu.be/Ny5WH2N0XgU

Full list of videos can be seen in this newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/add884395433/postcard-from-india

An authentic cultural adventure in the Indian HimalayasJourney To Himalayas offers customized premium trips all over India. Small groups with individual atte...

08/04/2022

I had the privilege of reading the draft of this book - and it is an excellent read
I would highly recommend it

✨Giveaway! ✨
Anyone who preorders Threads of Awakening and sends their receipt to [email protected] before midnight (PDT) on August 23, 2022 will be entered into a drawing to win one of three hand-embellished fine art prints of my silk thangkas: a lotus, a White Tara, and a Green Tara.

So, what is a hand-embellished print? It's a layered combination of original and reproduced textile art.
✨ It starts with a photograph of one of my hand-stitched Tibetan appliqué thangkas.
✨ The photo is giclée-printed on archival-quality fine-art paper.
✨ Then, to bring out the handmade, textured quality of the original artwork, the print is "embellished" with a hand-stitched Tibetan appliqué detail.

I'll draw three winners from among all the book's pre-orderers.

Preorder here: https://threadsofawakening.com/book

07/28/2022

Highly Recommended

07/11/2022

Founded in the 5th Century, India's Nalanda University is believed to be the world's first residential university. Established more than 500 years before Oxford University, at its peak Nalanda hosted over 10,000 students from around the world and was considered one of the greatest centres of learnin...

07/10/2022

06/26/2022

Wonderful & Heart Warming event from Bhutan
Check out the big Thangka ... so very pretty

05/05/2022

Weaving - a dying art (?)
Footage is from the Himalayas in Eastern Bhutan, and North India.
An excellent place to buy handicrafts: Tibetan Handicraft Co-operative Society, Dharamshala, India - very honest people/place.

02/17/2022

"Since the 1990s, yoga in the Western world has frequently been reduced to a fitness regime

Yoga is a spiritual practice. It is a way of living. It’s a practice of self-study and mind management. It is a way of thinking, speaking, being—and more. Yoga is a part of Indian culture and heritage."

https://yogainternational.com/article/view/how-we-can-work-together-to-avoid-cultural-appropriation-in-yoga?

A guide to cultural appreciation from an Indian-American yoga teacher.

12/13/2021

11/17/2021

Loking at India through Colonial Perspective

Time Stamp on the Reel
08:30:35 - Ladakh
08:32:30 - Mask Dance
08:36:30 - Banaras
08:40:00 - Jaggernaut
08:43:30 - Colombo
08:45:45 - Kandy

11/16/2021

Two Indias
Excellent Stand-up .. Fresh from DC
https://youtu.be/5A-F9qu6c_4

We made some noise and applauded the country we love, and are proud of. Just something I wrote on the morning of the show. After many laughs, we stuck around...

10/05/2021

Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar

09/20/2021

Darjeeling Express in London - one of the best concept/idea for a restaurant. Great Ethics. Wonderful Thinking.
https://www.dw.com/en/celebrity-chef-asma-khan-cooking-up-social-change/av-57884618

Kolkata-born Asma Khan broke many conventions en route to becoming one of London’s star chefs. She’s also helped other women along the way. Her recipe for success: equal rights and equal pay for all her kitchen staff.

09/06/2021

This is how you make Tomato 🍅 Chutney

07/09/2021

Mumbai, India

07/07/2021

From the Office of HH Dalai Lama

04/02/2021

How India inspired the cuisine all over the world
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2021/4/1/how-the-colonisation-of-india-influenced-global-food

From Britain to France to Portugal, India left its mark on the tastes and menus of its European colonisers.