
Each year, I spend at least six weeks in Amma’s ashram in South Kerala, India. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi), who is sometimes referred to as The Hugging Saint, because she has hugged 39 million people worldwide, is also known for her extensive networks of humanitarian projects called Embracing the World.
I share the living, learning and letting go I do during these visits via this blog, so that others can take the journey with me, either by reading past posts or by reading them as they are written. I hope you enjoy the experience!
November 27, 2019- January 10, 2020
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: November 27- December 2
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 3-6
Amritapuri Flower: December 9
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 7-10
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 11-12
Amritapuri Flower: December 19
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 13-20
Amritapuri Flower: December 22
Amritapuri Flower: December 25
Question to Readers: What Makes You “Duck” Unnecessarily?
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 21-26
Amritapuri Flower: December 29
December 11, 2018- January 14, 2019
Amritapuri Experiences
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 11-20
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 21-24
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 24-27
The Fascinating Jackfruit
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 28-January 3
“His Story” by Sreejit Poole
Striking Beauty
Amritapuri Flowers
Wordless Wednesday
Flower of the Day: December 21
Flower of the Day: December 22
Flower of the Day: December 24
Flower of the Day: December 25
Flower of the Day: December 26
Flower of the Day: December 30
Flower of the Day: January 1
2019 Naga Linga Flowers
Flower of the Day: January 7
Flower of the Day: January 8
August 15- September 24, 2018
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 15-18
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 19-23
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 24-28
So Many Memories
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 29- September 1
Flower of the Day: September 5
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: September 2-6
Flower of the Day: September 7
Flower of the Day: September 8
Flower of the Day: September 9
Flower of the Day: September 10
Flower of the Day: September 11
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: September 7-11
Flower of the Day: September 14
Flower of the Day: September 15
A Visit to the Nature Sanctuary
Flower of the Day: September 16
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: September 12-14
The Intriguing Pond Heron
Swachhata Hi Seva- September 15, 2018
Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge: September 25, 2018
What Happened to the Amritapuri Swachhata Hi Seva Trash?
Living and Learning in Amritapuri: September 15-24
December 11, 2017 to January 13, 2018
- The Beginning
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 13
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 14
- A Mystical Land
- A Beautiful Flower
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 15-19
- An Evening Surprise
- Early Morning Fun
- Amritapuri Gardens: School of Biotechnology
- Mystery Solved
- “Karuna, Go with the Flow”
- An Uninvited Guest
- More Photos of the School of Biotechnology Grounds
- Amritapuri Christmas Play 2017
- Amritapuri Tulasi Garden
- Christmas Eve in Amritapuri
- Wordless Wednesday
- A Visit to Kuzhitura Farm
- So Much Stillness and Beauty
- I was Wrong!
- Blatant Irony or Planting a Seed?
- Wordless Wednesday
- Visiting Amma’s Vrindavan Farm
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 20 to January 2
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 3
- Visiting the Seed-Saving Farm
- Amritapuri Christmas Play- Part 3
- Wordless Wednesday
August 9 to September 16, 2017
- My Dream Becomes Reality
- My Journey Begins
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 11-14
- A Welcome Sight
- Wordless Wednesday
- Will I Choose to be Independent or Interdependent?
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Ooh, Shiny
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 15-20
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 21-23
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 24-27
- Dungeon Prompts: Moral Authority
- The Fascinating Naga Linga Tree
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: August 28-31
- Amritapuri Sunsets
- Amritapuri Sunrise
- My Ganesh Chaturthi Experience
- My Onam Experience
November 24, 2016 to January 15, 2017
- I am Grateful
- It’s Not This Time of Year Without….
- On My Way to Amritapuri: November 24-26
- Arriving in India: November 26
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: November 26-28
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: November 29-30
- The Beautiful Banana Leaf
- Early Morning Mystery
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 1-4
- The Majestic Kapok Tree
- Amma Quote
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 5-7
- Making a Difference
- A Visitor Came
- Be Like a Bird Perched on a Dry Twig
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 8-11
- The Stately Coconut Tree
- New Horizon
- Wordless Wednesday
- Finding Peace in the Middle of Chaos
- Such a Special Day
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 12-18
- Flowers at Kuzhitura Farm
- A Fascinating Plant
- Wordless Wednesday
- So Much Beauty
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 19-22
- My Morning Adventure
- More Tropical Foliage
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 23-25
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: December 31, 2016-January 1, 2017
- Amritapuri Christmas Eve Play: The Loving Father
- Wordless Wednesday
- Lighten Up!
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 2-7, 2017
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Names
- A New Leaf is Born
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 8, 2017
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 9, 2017
November 28, 2015 to January 10, 2016
- And so it begins…..
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri, India (Nov. 26-28)
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri,India (Nov 29-Dec 2)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition
- What a Difference Attitude Can Make
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 3-7)
- Wordless Wednesday
- Early Morning Fun
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 8-13)
- A Storm’s A’Coming
- Early Morning Beauty
- Amritapuri Flowers
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 14-17)
- Interesting Facts about Termites
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering
- Sunrise in Amritapuri, India
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 18-21)
- Wordless Wednesday
- Amritapuri Flowers #2
- Indian Praying Mantis
- Remembering Dec 26, 2004
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 22-26)
- Sunset is Drawing Near
- Wordless Wednesday
- शन्त्याः श्वेतपुष्पाणि (White Flowers of Peace)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Circle
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Dec 27-Jan 2)
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri (Jan 3-5)
- Are My Trips to Amritapuri Meeting a Need or a Want?
- Kuzhitura Farm in Amritapuri
- Wordless Wednesday
- Recycling and Composting in Amritapuri
- Amrita Herbal Garden
- Amma’s Vrindavan Tulasi Field
- Khuśiyōm Kī Bahār
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: Wrapping Up My Nov 28, 2015 to Jan 11, 2016 Trip
November 30, 2014 to January 10, 2015
- भारतं गमिष्यामि
- My Journey to India
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri, India- December 4
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri, India- December 5
- Life Lesson: Acknowledging My Arrogance
- How I Spend My Days in Amritapuri (मम प्रतिदिनस्य)
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone But Not Forgotten
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 7-9
- A Tribute to Sreejit on his 40th Birthday
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 10-14
- Wordless Wednesday
- संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit)
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 15-18
- One Minute, One Hour, One Day at a Time
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 24
- Wordless Wednesday
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 24 -25
- Reminiscing- 1990 to 2014
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow
- Only For This I Pray
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth
- Recycling: A Model for the World
- Rain, Rain and More Rain
- as i am…
- Wordless Wednesday
- She Fed Santa!
- Amritapuri- Then and Now
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri- December 27 to January 4
- Living in Awareness
- Wordless Wednesday
- Photo Editing the Fishing Boat
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 3 – 7
- Do you recognize this plant?
- Living and Learning in Amritapuri: January 7-8
- Wordless Wednesday
- My Journey Back to Seattle
112 thoughts on “India”