On Monday April 11th we arrived with excitement and joy in preparation for our first Peace Exchange workshop with the Class 6 students at the Tibetan Children’s Village upper campus, Dharamsala (Upper TCV). The group was awaiting us in the upper hall where we were warmly greeted. Prayer flags for Peace, previously created, hanging above the [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Joys of This Work
April 27, 2011 – 5:04 am
It isn’t really work, exactly. There is work involved, but all of that so-called work: planning, preparations, fundraising, travel, organizing, budgeting, etc etc, all comes with such high reward when at the end of a 2hr workshop with 175 students, you are left with a feeling of such joy and contentment that none of all [...]
Be (not do)
April 27, 2011 – 4:54 am
We’ve all heard the importance of being present; being in the moment, aware of your self and your surroundings, present and attentive to this now, this place, without thought of the past, nor need to predict the future. But no matter how many times we here this simple philosophy, the practice takes focus, discipline, and [...]
Arrival in Leh
April 22, 2011 – 2:17 am
There were many ideas on the table for the last week of March. We had invitations to Tami Nadu in the south where we were considering visiting schools in Chennai and Auroville. Connections were warm, but confirmations were posing a challenge. I also knew it was going to be hotter than hot. An recent email [...]
To Jodhpur, with Detours.
April 22, 2011 – 2:12 am
On the following day, Thursday, Heather and I packed it up and boarded a car. We grabbed Rama, our filmmaker pal and, to our surprise, her brother, who would take us to their father’s village, to lead a workshop at Rama’s childhood school, on our way to Jodhpur. About an hour out of Udaipur town, [...]
Country Side Hike In Joy
April 1, 2011 – 12:19 am
The driver said the road was impassable. He said he could not drive any further. So, on the second day of our two-a-day school visits, we found ourselves at a place where we were going to have to walk to get to our next workshop. And so, with a bit of reluctance, considering we didn’t [...]
