FATHER’S DAY 2020

Dear Friends,   Happy Father’s Day to all my wonderful father friends everywhere! This is an auspicious weekend—we are now officially into the summer season, and past the second of three eclipses in the current cycle. We also just began a new moon cycle, a time of new beginnings.   I’m personally in a healing…

Mantra Chai Recipe

If you like chai but have never made it, here’s an easy recipe! I make chai every morning to start my day. I like simple chai, using organic ingredients and only ginger to spice it. This is the recipe I’ve settled on—it makes two cups of chai. Adjust the ingredients and measurements to suit your…

Going On Without Shivaya India 2014

Dear Friends, Family, and Satsang, Here’s hoping 2014 will bring us all ever deeper into Love… 2013 was a year of vast changes for me, and as I move on through this life without Shivaya, there are more changes ahead. I will be moving out of my apartment on January 12th, and leaving the next…

Shivaya and Uma in India 2012

October 8, 2012 Ananda Ashram, Kanhangad, Kerala A knock on the door (or sometimes a loud buzzer!) at 6 a.m. signals the start of day. We quickly throw something on and grab our cups, making our way to the porch. There a small, quiet man waits in the dark with two stainless steel urns—one filled…

Shivaya and Uma in India 2010 GOKARNA

On Feb 3, 2010, at 2:51 AM, Uma Reed wrote: Dear Folks, We just finished two weeks at Ananda Ashram in Kerala, which was really lovely. Several friends joined us there, and we did a “farewell” music program on our last day. Internet was not so easy there–required a trip into town, and computers were not that great.…

Shivaya and Uma in India 2010 ANANDASHRAM

INDIA 2010 Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 7:17:07 AM Subject: Lovely Bangalore Hi folks, We arrived in Bangalore about 2:00 this morning. Spent a couple of hours driving around in a taxi, trying to find our guest house. It was worth the hassle–we’re in a really sweet place called the Ashley Inn. Beautiful rooms, very…

Shivaya and Uma in India 2007-08 BRINDAVAN

October 2007 Dear Folks, We’re in Brindavan now, the village (now a town) where Lord Krishna tended his cows and frolicked on the banks of the River Yamuna with the lovely Radha and other gopis (milkmaids). Through the centuries, Brindavan has remained a sacred site dedicated to Krishna and Radha. The typical greeting everywhere is…