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Some photos from our Namarupa Sadhana Yatra
I’ll admit up front that we didn’t take a ton of photos on our yatra. After all, our friend, Michelle Haymoz, was along to document things. (She’s now gone on to the Himalayas, and already she has...
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“India often leads to the unexpected”
Our title is a quote from Robert Moses–A cautionary remark he often puts in his emails about the pilgrimage itineraries–yatras–he plans with Radhakunda das. The Namarupa pilgrimages take careful...
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Final reminder: If you are thinking of going to India, consider this
Yes, yes, we’ve talked about the Namarupa Yatra Divine, happening this summer, a few times. And a few times again. Via Namarupa.org It isn’t just because we’re trying to help promote the three-week...
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Integrating Study and Practice
I’m what you might call a semi-academic. Years ago, I deliberately walked away from a tenure-track job in my field (British Romanticism), profoundly unhappy and unfulfilled by academic scholarship. I...
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The purpose of pilgrimage
Among the best books on our reading list for next month’s Namarupa Yatra is Diane L. Eck’s Banaras: City of Light. (Another of her works, Darshan, was probably the best of our first Yatra readings....
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Yatra Dispatch: Puri Mysore space and the ways to Moksha
We can attest: This room has gotten hot. If we only had a Bikram teacher along, we would be all set. Practice this time has been very dedicated, with much tapas. It’s a sweat fest, in other words....
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Yatra Dispatch: Mysore spaces in Haridwar and Uttarkashi
So …. we’re actually home, and, we think, most everyone else is, too. A few people were staying on from a day to two full weeks — but the Yatra’s over. And, like last time, we are trying to process it...
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Ashtanga and the Role of Pilgrimage
Steve and I have returned from our journey to the north of India. We’ve been all over that country now, spent a lot of time studying its philosophy, getting to know its people, and visiting its holy...
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Get on the Namarupa Yatra waiting list
We let you know when Sharath was added to the middle part of the next Namarupa Yatra — going on throughout October — and now we can let you know: You missed your chance. Well, most likely. Because the...
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Ready to be a pilgrim in South India?
You all know that this fall Namarupa is running a full month’s Yatra through the north part of India, with a week that includes an Ashtanga program with Sharath. It’s full, and has been for a while....
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