This past week while watching our sons play soccer, a few other mothers and I were discussing our summer travel plans. A trip to Italy. Travel to San Francisco. A vacation on Long Island. And so on and so forth. I shared how one of my plans was to attend a yearly retreat with my…
“My name is Shanti, and shanti means inner peace, but I don’t know where my peace has gone!” These were the words my mom expressed to one of our family’s earliest spiritual teachers. At that time, she was in her mid-40s, and negotiating some medical challenges. She was also grieving the loss of Mataji*- her…
This past week I received a certificate in the mail that marked the completion of a four-year online program called Mystical Mind Training based on the teachings of A Course in Miracles. My friend Aiko visited me over the weekend and I mentioned to her that I felt the same excitement and joy in completing…
Growing up in a traditional Indian household among an extended family of herbalists and homeopaths certainly has a lot of benefits. For example, last week when I felt myself come down with a cold, I brewed several cups of chai with cardamom and fennel, and instinctively added cinnamon, ginger and other warming spices because I…
Recently a friend asked me if I missed my traditional medical job. My response was immediate and unequivocal. No! The clarity of my response surprised me and perhaps my friend. Why not, he asked me? Why not, I thought? Why not? To answer that question requires a longer answer, for sure! So, allow me to…