MahaMondo

Enjoy the Silence : Finding Peace During Noisy Trips

Via the New York Times :

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/travel/finding-peace-during-noisy-trips.html?ref=travel

There may be relief in sight from many a traveler's worst bete noire , the crying baby on a long haul flight.

 

 

 

Darshan : Raja Bhoga Artik

Love , Devotion & Surrender : Raja Bhoga Artik at noon today.

Prasada-sevaya : 

bhai-re! sharira avidya-jal
jodendriya tahe kal,
jive phele vishaya-sagore
tara madhye jihwa ati, lobamoy sudurmati
ta'ke jeta kathina samsare

krishna baro doyamoy, koribare jihwa jay,
swa-prasad-anna dilo bhai
sei annamrita pao,radha-krishna-guna gao,
preme dako chaitanya-nitai

Via HareKrsna.com

Upton's : Natural Vegan Ashram Bowl

Discovery this week at Whole Foods Minneapolis & River North , Chicago : Upton's Vegan Ashram Bowl & Vegan BBQ Bowl.

The best thing about most SPG hotels I stay in is that they are almost always conveniently located near a Whole Foods Market. 

When you travel as much as I do , eating at restaurants starts getting old.

Read more about this very cool & tasty, only in the Mid-West available for now , vegan resource @ The Laziest Vegans .

 

Ashtanga Yoga : Jump Back & Jump Through

Patrick Nolan with Miami Life Center breaks down jump backs & jump throughs using bandhas.

Mauro's Cafe : Grilled Vegetables & Quinoa Plate

It has been a while since I've had lunch at Mauro's Cafe , esconced in the still cool Fred Segal Melrose complex.

While in NYC earlier this week, I met up with an ex-NY'er friend who is now living in Amsterdam. Since she was staying in the Village , & another friend was coming from the Upper West Side & I was still in Midtown , the best bet as a geographical compromise was EATALY , 5th Ave. & 28th.

I can depend on the Le Pizza & Le Verdure areas of EATALY for vegetarian dishes. The pizzaiolo must hve been in a bad mood that evening as the Margherita we ordered was the soggiest specimen.

If we were all not famished , it would have been sent back. The arugula pizza wrap hybrid was decent.

So for lunch today . I wasn't expecting much from Mauro's. But they had this new Grilled Vegetables & Quinoa plate on the menu. It was very good. The quinoa was warm & the grilled vegetables were extremely firm & fresh.

Quinoa & kale are the new flavorites ; but they have to be treated well in order to coax out their flavor.

Jorgen Christiansson : Ashtanga Yoga Workshop Stockholm

Jorgen Christiansson is the only certified Swedish Ashtanga Yoga teacher in the world. 

He studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois since 1988 and he runs Omkar108 yogashala in Los Angeles.

Join him if you will be in Stockholm , Sweden from February 4 to 8 , 2013 at the Elements Spa , Clarion Hotel.

For more information , please contact Jackie : jksoph@gmail.com

 

Haree Bol ! : Lila P. D. D.

Thank you Lila for sending these images from Mysore.

I can feel the Bhakti from the kirtanas you are conducting with the Ashtangis there.

These images really helped me warm up on Thursday morning in Chicago where it was 17 degrees. Jaya & Haribol !

Mysore Style Ashtanga : Omkar108 YogaShala

This was probably filmed during Thanksgiving break as the shala is not its usual packed self. I should remember as I am in a couple of the frames ; Janu Sirsasana A & Padmasana.

UNKLE ft Moby : God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

UNKLE's sublime twist on Moby's " God Moving Over the Face of the Waters". I probably played this in the car driving home in the morning after a long New Year's Eve & Day of partying in order to tune out. Nowadays, it is more a glimpse of SAMADHI after yoga practice or an exuberant kirtan.

Moby : Yoga & Lifestyle

Eddie Stern chats with Moby regarding his transformative yoga practice for the Urban Yogis Series. I've been listening to Moby's music ever since he released "GO " back in the day. I thought of him this week as my iPod randomly played his cut " Honey " , which led me to finding this inspiring video. 2012 turned out to be a great year. I am looking forward to 2013. Based on my travel schedule for this coming January , it is going to be MAHA !