The Happy Yogini

I have a multifaceted relationship with fear.

Sometimes I am unconscious to it and I base my decisions on avoiding whatever is scaring me. If I am lucky, I’ll become aware of it and course correct.

I’ve also made decisions to take actions in order to overcome my fears. Intense visceral experiences like jumping out of a [...]

Yippee!!!! Yahooo!!!! I’ve got a fancy new (to me) CAMERA!!!!  YAY!!!!

I’m a shutterbug and have had a “good camera”, aka Canon Eos SLR for years. I received my first one (a film version) for my birthday in 1993 and stuck with Canon when I made the transition to digital a number of years ago.

Sadly, my [...]

A BABY CAME TODAY!!!! YIPPEE!! YAY!!! WAAAHOOO!!!!

In India for less than a month, on Monday, July 4th as I came down to the Dairy Kitchen for breakfast I stumbled onto a cow giving birth! (The cow maternity area is conveniently located adjacent to the Dairy Kitchen….?) There was a flurry of activity with folks [...]

These were the words I heard in May while sitting in an estheticians chair in a tony town in Lower Fairfield County, CT. My first response was shock, though I suppose that suggestion was preferable to “Have you considered Botox?” or “I have the name of a very good plastic surgeon.”

I’ve laughed, cried and squinted [...]

I knew I had to be careful about the drinking water while in India. I knew I had to close my mouth (and eyes?) when I showered.

Beyond that, I didn’t think too much about water…till about a week and a half into my stay here when I turned on the faucet to fill a bucket for [...]

I haven’t blogged in awhile because I’ve been creating ART!

One of the things I wanted to do whilst I was away from the rat race was to create art.  I’ve been doodling, painting and collaging since I was a kid but hadn’t made it a priority for quite a long time, aside from occasionally creating visions [...]

“You Veddy Lucky, Madam” …So sayeth Ambigai, PNB’s PA, as I was fixing breakfast this morning….”Yes, Ambigai, I AM Veddy Lucky.”

Yesterday at 2:00pm PH and I briskly walked from the cheese factory, heading to PNB’s room for abusinessmeeting. I was focused on PH traversing uneven terrain while carrying a tray of breakfast dishes and our [...]

I have four pair of shoes;

~Cute rain boots – For a “fun” look during monsoons, and shoveling “channi” in the cow shed…worn 2x since I arrived. Barely any rain and no cow shed duty!

~Sensible hiking shoes – Walking/leech protection during monsoon… worn once thus far, weather is generally too warm for full-on shoes.

~Multi-terrain sandals – [...]

To be continued….

It all began innocently enough; the madams (not THAT kind!), CB and PH, were both feeling fatigued by 5:00pm and wanted help with the daily walk of the 5 Irish Setters. Their names are Gusto and Joia (ma and pa), Alpha and Gamma (the boys, though Gamma is the Alpha dog oddly enough) and Beta, [...]