Travel Day 944 to – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA I had been in the ashram for about 10 days by now and finally some sort of routine started to set in… Well, it wasn’t so much of a routine where every day was the same, but rather I was finally feeling more and more comfortable […]

Travel Day 943 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today was an interesting day, but it seemed that lately every single day was interesting for one reason or another… In order to try something new, I got up early and joined the Tai Chi morning class. It was held in one of the gardens by the […]

Travel Day 941 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA After finishing my meditation class and receiving my secret mantra yesterday, the world looked quite different again this morning… Well, this was also due to the fact that my finger was slowly getting better and I could finally practice some Tabla again. So I started my day […]

Travel Day 940 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA It was the second day of the IAM Technique class and we were once more learning more about Amma’s meditation style… The main advantage of following closely the guided steps was apparently that the technique was developed and blessed by a realized master and thus could significantly […]

Travel Day 939 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Great, my finger was infected, I had pain in my hand and I couldn’t do Seva or practice Tabla any more, but despite all that I was already off to better things… I had signed up for a two-day class to learn the IAM Technique, the Integrated […]

Travel Day 938 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today was Tuesday, a holiday at the ashram where Amma apparently hosted a meditation session, a teaching and a ceremonial serving of the lunch… Initially we were told that the meditation with Amma would happen in the temple, but as the crowds had grown, the session had […]

Travel Day 937 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today I actually managed to get up a bit earlier and so I finally found myself at the beach by 6.30am for the morning meditation… Unfortunately it turned out to be not the guided meditation that I had expected and the few people who had bothered to […]

Travel Day 936 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA After my quite disappointing and somewhat mechanical hugging experience yesterday, today was finally my day of getting involved and doing my Seva at the compost plant… Again I didn’t make it out of bed for the early morning program, because I ended up watching Amma doing her […]

Travel Day 935 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA After a good night of rest while skipping the entire morning program, the world looked different again and I decided to give this Ashram a real chance… For me personally giving the ashram a chance meant staying for a little while longer, getting involved in the community […]

Travel Day 934 – Amritapuri Ashram, Kerala, INDIA Today was quite an Active Travel Day, but it was also an Arrival Day and in this case I was arriving at the Amma Ashram in Amritapuri, officially called Mata Amritanandamayi Math… After enjoying the nice climate of Bangalore for a couple of days, I was seriously […]