Hey everyone, this is your captain Travon Braswell speaking using Haley’s account again because I still can’t get in mine unfortunately but I am here to bring this story book to a closing so sit back and enjoy the last of our adventures. So i’ll start with the for some, long dreaded Himalayas trek and what was for others something long anticipated. It was absolutely beautiful getting out of towns… Read More
Well the Shiva group has quite the week. We just completed our nine day stay at a sustainable living community called Dharmalaya. While we were there we did a variety of things from pugging mud with our feet to masonry with adobe bricks (my personal favorite!). It was a tough experience for each one of us in a variety of ways but everyone was able to take something away from… Read More
Hi guys! It’s Blanca here not to be confused with the name that’s being attached to this blog- some of us forgot our passwords and Haley Murphy is such an amazing human being for letting us use her account! 😉 P.S “Holi Camel” was written by Travon Braswell and he deserves credit for it 🙂
Back to buisness!.. After two very tiring over night train rides we finally arrived to… Read More
Greetings friends, family, and whomever else that is reading this blog!
This afternoon the Shiva group has arrived to Udaipur and was promptly treated to a filling and delicious Thali plate lunch by the wonderful Rishi Ji (I may or may not have fallen into a food coma while creating this post). We just completed our village home stays and teaching English to and all girls’ school. I would say… Read More
A lot has happened this past week and a half and like a toddler with a tower of Legos, I’m about to break it down for y’all. After a month and some time we’ve finally been through our first desert city here in India which was Jaisalmer and boy did it get hot. We finally got see how a gingerbread man/woman in an oven feels like but aside from the… Read More
We just completed our week long yoga retreat at the Phool Chati Ashram lead by Lolita Ji. Our days lasted from 6am to 9pm and while at first the days seemed extremely long, as we got into the rhythm of the Ashram lifestyle things began to pick up and now looking back it seems a week wasn’t enough. We began our days with meditation and neti pot cleansing to clear… Read More
Our days in Kolkata have been pretty full. Most of us have started our service work at the mother Theresa houses and have had mixed reactions and experiences with it but are still enjoying our time with the organization. Yesterday we got back from our trip to the beautiful Sundarban river delta and mangrove forest that is home to crocodiles, Bengal tigers, spotted deer, wild boar and various types of… Read More
Written by Alanna Hello Parents, family, friends, and strangers about to read this blog post, hope you’re all well and wonderful.
This is an update from the Shiva Group, we’re all lovely and fine. We spent the last week in Varanasi, waking up at 5 in the morning for yoga classes with a wonderful teacher, starting to take classes to learn beginner Hindi, being daring enough to try the local… Read More
Our first few days in Delhi have been glorious, overwhelming and over all awesome! We are all Packed up and ready for our first train ride to the gorgeous and spiritual city of Varanasi!! I am beyond eager to arrive and see this bustling holy city for myself!… Read More
Hello friends, family, or whomever may be reading this blog:
This is our second day here in Delhi, India and so far we are having a fantastic time. We have spent numerous hours getting to know each other and going over group orientation, but have still been able to go out and about through the chaotic streets of Delhi. Honestly it has been totally overwhelming but we are starting to… Read More
India is great. i got here safe for everyone back home who is worrying. the food is amazing the culture is interesting and the the people in my group are the best. sorry that this is a short post but i want to get back to exploring the city… Read More
We’ve received word that the Shanti group has safely arrived in New Delhi. They’ve checked into their guest house and they are getting some well-deserved rest. Stay tuned for more from India.… Read More
The mighty Shiva group has successfully gathered at the San Francisco airport and checked in for the first leg of the their flight to the other side of the world. Stay tuned to hear from the group in India!… Read More
Namaste Shiva Community,
Welcome to the Spring 2016 Shiva Student Blog! This is James and Avy, your future Overseas Educators. We are sitting here in Portland, sipping chai and getting stoked for our upcoming adventures. India is dear to both of our hearts and we cannot wait to explore it’s vast culture, diversity, and landscape with each of you.
To the Shiva student crew: we’re thrilled to meet you and… Read More
The other night we said farewell to seven misty eyed (and let’s be honest, two similarly fogged up OE’s) students in the Delhi airport. As strange as it is to know and feel that our three month adventure together has come and passed, we can all understand it better now that we have talked and argued and meditated upon the now familiar idea that everything is impermanent (see: Truth, Noble… Read More
We’ve received word that the mighty Shiva group has checked in to the airport. They are on their way to their respective homes. Traveling mercies to you all. Thanks for making this a fantastic semester.… Read More
Our trip is coming to a close, and I’ve been thinking of an appropriate way to conclude these series of updates. There are many ways to go about this, and I’m not even sure if I can put to words the emotions I’m feeling. Nevertheless, I’ll try and summarize how I feel using a different method. So grab some reading glasses and/ or a chess board; whatever you need to… Read More
