I got super ballsy and asked Ameera if I could take her up on the offer to stay at her house for a little bit after Goa, until I figured out the next leg of my journey. She said of course, so after we got back from Goa, I moved right on in to Aditi…

[For those of you who didn’t read my last post, I decided to go to Goa (a beach town in India with great food, good wine, and lots of tourism) for the weekend with Aditi and Shivani. My mom’s friend from the States, Trisha, has a sis-in-law, Ameera, who lives in Mumbai. Ameera has a…

One of my mom’s best friends from home, Trish, has an Indian ex-sister-in-law named Ameera, who lives in Mumbai. When Trish found out I was going to be there in Mumbai, she told my mom, “Ashley MUST reach out to Ameera! Ameera is the most welcoming and warm-hearted woman, she would love to meet her…

My stepbrother William came to India back in May to hike the Himalayas. He made a ton of good friends while he was here, including a guy named Pope who happens to live in Mumbai. When Willie heard I was coming to Mumbai, he told me I must reach out to his friend. Pope is…

These past few weeks have been a perfect mix of learning, studying, self-practicing, eating good food, making new friends, and DANCING. I have been doing lots of meditating (at least ½ hour a day), lots of asana practices – either 1 or 2 a day from really good, well established teachers here at the Institute,…

The 5 day Swadhyaya (which means self-study in Sanskrit) training course was INTENSE!!! People were bearing their souls and talking about their deepest, darkest problems and life challenges. The takeaway of the Swadhyaya technique is to dive into whatever life “challenge” you are facing at the current time, or whatever is causing you disharmony. Think…

Just a little update I had sent to Yoga Bob (my guru from the States) along with some pics (captions within the pics to explain): Hi! Just checking in! Love it at the Institute so much. Great vibes and amazing teachers. So much to learn! I am in the middle of the 5 day Swadhyaya…

    My room mates finally arrived, thank god! And it is total fate. One is an Indian woman – a mom, probably around 55 named Saddanah. Such a sweet woman. The other is a total soul sister and it is NOT an accident that our paths crossed. She a girl from South Korea named…

First post, I am going back to an email I originally wrote to Kelly (my oldest sister, for those of you who don’t know) in the middle of the night at 3am my first week here. I couldn’t sleep because of the time difference! : So, really liking it so far! But it’s only my…