Joy...
Less than one month away...and getting ready for the big trip...
Much love to all...
First week in Auroville...
India is a beautiful place, full of spirituality and ancient traditions. Auroville seems to be radiating a profound love, that ripples into the surrounding villages. As a community of 21 individuals (18 students and 3 facilitators), we have been residing in the College Guest House in Auroville, which is in the Tamil Nadu region. Ten of us are staying in a giant tree house and the rest are in the surrounding play houses and cottages. We wake up to an orchestra of singing birds at 6:15am for yoga 5-6 times a week, while filling our days with exploration, adventure and laughter. More...
New Places and New Faces
Well this is my first blog since all of us have come to meet here in India. Such an amazing place, a myrid of sights and sounds to please or displease the senses.
Here we all come together for our first community breakfast, new to each other, new to India, new to this idea of living communally with these people for the next 3.5 months.
We have began not only to share breakfast with each other but the world....
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our surroundings at the college guest house...
just wanted to share with everyone the surroundings we find our selves in every day...it is truly a beautiful area we are in...and the photos don't do it any justice...
laughing smiles
here in Auroville we have made a commitment to fun times filled with laughter and smiles...
our first adventure to Pondicherry...
the other day we were able to explore the 'city' of Pondicherry. It was our first offical exploration outside of the Auroville community and surrounding villages. Interestingly enough, it was a Sunday and apparently not too busy because, in India, Sunday is the one day most people rest and don't work...I can't imagine how crazy and crowded the city streets and markets become on a regular schedule day...
blessed by the elephant Lakshmi...
Some of us had the wonderful opportunity to be blessed by the elephant Lakshmi...Lakshmi is a female deity who carries the blessing of increased wealth and luxuries, fertility and luck. She is associated with the lotus and the elephant...
Here in the photos of blessings are: Bradley, Abigail, Sara, Anne and Keri...
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beautiful smiling faces...
these beautiful little ones where at the Auroville Kindergarten. as a group we had fun playing with them and learning with them. before we left we treated ourselves to a game of duck, duck, goose...
the matrimandir
the other day we went and had a tour of the matrimandir...it is supposed to be "the soul of Auroville", according to The Mother. It is not yet completed, but it is still an incredible site to see.
The Baynon Tree is next to the matrimandir and is the geographical center of Auroville. The master plan of this community spirals out from the center of these two symbolic entities.
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