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What brings you alive?

What brings you alive?

What brings you alive?
What brings me alive is the active participation of being in a culture different from my own, relating with a heightened sense of awareness and an open heart looking for a way in.

How have I come to this moment?

Sitting under a coconut palm in Goa, India, watching butterflies flutter to the sound of crashing waves, I am still enough to let my mind wander. Pure amazement radiates from within. “How have I come to this moment?,” I ask myself. I have always loved to travel… not an easy …

Sharpen your Senses in India

The world is full of magic patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.  ~ W.B.Yeats India gets under the skin. The desert vistas of Rajasthan with its impressive palaces and forts tell a tale of ancient history and culture. The cities of Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur glitter with palaces, …

SB Digs: “Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures”

With two decades of experience in global culinary traditions, Peggy Markel personally hand-tailors each of her programs to lead her guests into cultural immersion, through the sensorial pleasure of food. Guests emerge transformed, embracing a greater awareness of the connection between themselves, other cultures, and the food on their plate.

a jewel in the rough

A driver fetched me from the Guest House and took me to the local salon in Gurgaon, the CyberHub city just outside of Delhi. That’s the way they do it in India. Foreign cities always have a strange smell. It’s the first thing you notice. Down the stairs, deep into …