Om Diary

I've been asked lately what it means to be a  yogi . That got me thinking! How do i answer such an __apparent__ simple question in a way that is applicable to today's life? I've met so many "yogis" while traveling through India. Men and women telling me they follow the path of yoga, they practice asana ( postures ), live a simple life free of frivolous material things, share their passion for this ancient practice, read yogic texts, meditate, chant mantras, and pray.  DO these habits make them yogis? I heard one of my teachers say the other day, "a yogi is someone who cares". Yes, a human being who genuinely cares about others, who willingly participates in creating __or co-creating__for the greater good of all is a yogi... or is he? i used to call myself a yogini, until just recently one of my very dear friends pointed out to me that i am not . Having left most of my possessions behind, having disconnected myself__ at least physically__ from...

A year ago, I had six months left of a two year contract.  I had signed the contract to save for a new life, start a business and leave the safety of the institution of education I had been happily ensconced in since starting school at the age of five. Six months felt like a life-sentence, yet when they had passed, it felt as though the time had run away in a flash! The impact of this perplexingly contextual perception of time during this period has stayed with me, and got me thinking… For as long as beings have been conscious on this planet, there has been witness to the passing of time. Whether through observation of changing seasons, passing of day and night, tidal movement, interplanetary movement or stars, each and every civilisation has found a way to measure, record, navigate and ‘manage’ time. We divide days into hours, lives into years, history into eras, evolution into periods. Our own lives we ‘chapter’ and bookmark by pivotal moments, decisions made (for better ...