Anyone thinking of chucking it all and moving to an ashram in India for a life of spiritual discovery should see “Gurukulam,” a documentary by Jillian Elizabeth and Neil Dalal filmed at the Arsha ...
I moved to an ashram in the Catskills when I was 23 years old. We had all vowed to be celibate while we were living there. Despite that rule, I never got so much attention from male members, which ...
Sometimes you just feel a nudge to get quiet and go within. Whether you seek a deeper connection to your spirituality, to study meditation, or to simply get away from the bright lights, big city for a ...
Blair Glaser, author of 'This Incredible Longing: Finding My Self in a Near-Cult Experience' reveals how it felt watching her alternate path play out on TV The first time I saw Friends was in the ...
The author with her mother and sister when her mother first came back from the India ashram. She's wearing the black-beaded Bhagwan mala and sunset colors.Courtesy of Ronit Plank My mother left me ...
PAURI GARHWAL, India -- Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Rishikesh sits ...
Mumbai has spas, wellness studios, gyms and yoga institutes. However, for the first time, right in the heart of the city, you'll find an urban ashram where you can unwind, relax, breathe and probably ...
To this day, if someone says ashram, I get the shivers. When I was 6 years old, my mother left for the one her guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, created in Pune, India, and when I was 12, she left again ...