Category: Interviews

August 9, 2018

An Interview with Mark Whitwell: Yoga as Direct Intimacy with Life

At the Bali Spirit Festival this year I had the honour of meeting Mark Whitwell, author of Yoga of Heart, and a travelling Yoga teacher spreading the rare message of claiming your own direct intimacy with life and not pedestalizing anyone....

Inspiration / Interviews / Yoga

July 7, 2017

An Interview with Tao Porchon-Lynch, the 98-year-young Yoga Teacher & Dancer

Yoga teacher, dancer, actress, model, oenophilist, author, peace activist, revolutionary and a wonderfully antique little girl who (in her own words) ‘refuses to grow up’. Just some of the hats the 98-year-young Tao Porchon-Lynch has juggled in her 3-inch high...

Ladakh, trekking guide, ecotourism, women, safety

Inspiration / Interviews / Travel

January 26, 2016

Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company: Leading the Way in Eco Tourism

How many women does it take to start an all-women travel agency and a women’s welfare network for women in distress, write tirelessly on social and environmental issues, win a bronze at the National Ice Hockey Championship, and keep training...

Inspiration / Interviews

November 14, 2015

A Fighting Chance for the Visually Challenged

What would you say about a modern-day school that churns out self-empowered, multi-dimensional and sensitive individuals who give back to society? Where progress is led by example and not just exams, where character is as important as curriculum and compassion...