The gatekeeper technique of meditation: focus on one point and watch your breath as it passes through that exact spot, as if you’re a gatekeeper watching people at the moment they pass underneath the arch to enter the city. I’ve never actually been able to do this, but I can imagine it – sensing molecules [...]
All posts for the month December, 2011
Why New York is the best place to practice meditation
Posted by Shubha on December 28, 2011
http://shubhabala.com/archives/1580
Christmas Video – 2011
After last year’s crossword, this year I decided to go with a simpler update! Shubha’s Christmas Video Update – 2011
Posted by Shubha on December 20, 2011
http://shubhabala.com/archives/1588
“Multicultural Holiday”
I had this published on ABCDlady a couple of years ago and thought I might as well repost it for the holidays. A Multicultural Holiday It was a lazy December, and we didn’t feel like pulling out the Christmas tree and spending all day decorating it. My mom insisted we have something though—it was tradition. [...]
Posted by Shubha on December 15, 2011
http://shubhabala.com/archives/1573
TamilMatrimony
Filter by: Resident status (work permit, student visa, citizen, temporary visa) Physical status (normal, physically challenged) Complexion (fair, very fair, wheatish, wheatish brown, dark) Profile created by (self, parents, siblings, relatives, friends) Occupation… nonprofit is not an option. To humour certain family members who think TamilMatrimony.com would be an appropriate online “dating” site for me, [...]
Posted by Shubha on December 11, 2011
http://shubhabala.com/archives/1554
Unemployment
I’ve been doing a bit of writing again now that I joined a writing class (it’s almost over). However, this I wrote because I’m hoping to put it in the meditation centre’s newsletter. It’s an almost final draft. I post it here because I know so many of you were/are in the same boat in [...]
Posted by Shubha on December 7, 2011
http://shubhabala.com/archives/1557