While the Kamakhya Temple was the main destination for our sadhana on this trip, Shree Maa blessed many other sacred sites in the Guwahati area. This promises to be an interesting read, as we are about to enter into a temple that Shree Maa visited in her youth, as well as two ashrams where She […]

  In the previous Travelogues we discussed a typical day in the life of Shree Maa at the Kamakhya Temple. In this post I would like to share some random tidbits of things that made this trip so special – the people, the places, the temple details, and the way of life. For all of […]

Though the main event in Digboi was our visit to Shree Maa’s school, we still had quite a few more things to do! In the evening, after the program at the school, we went to the local Kali Temple, which Shree Maa often visited when she was young. As we drove there, the traffic seemed […]

We have heard of famous Gurus performing Sadhana, spiritual discipline, for huge lengths of time. I remember reading of some Gurus saying that advanced spiritual aspirants could perform sadhana for eight hours a day. Shree Maa has suggested the same thing before, each day be divided up into three parts, eight for sadhana, eight for […]

I’ve been waiting for the chance to do long asana sadhana with Swamiji for a while, so my excitement at the opportunity propelled me through most of the mental obstacles that tried to stand in my way. The most important thing that I remembered while I was sitting is that all I must do is […]

I performed sadhana for nine days of Navaratri with Swamiji. The first day I sat with Swamiji, I made a deal with my body that we would only sit for six hours, even though I knew Swamiji would be going for eight. I wanted to make sure I didn’t upset my body too much on […]

Sitting in the asana for an extended period of time is a great joy that I have been privileged to receive on a couple of occasions. When I sit for two to three hours, like on our regular weekly Sunday Chandi Paths, there comes a point where there’s an intense pain usually in my foot, […]