Becoming an Accomplished Tibetan Artist: Pasang Tells his Story
We are thrilled to feature an interview with one of our favourite artists in Nepal – meet Pasang. He is originally from Tibet, but fled with his grandfather as a 7-year-old when the country was taken over by the Chinese. Here is his story, his inspirations and passions and how he expresses this in his […]
From Lockdown & Quarantine to Holiday Blues: The Path of Meditation in a Time of Pandemic
Ground Control to Major… In light of the heightened psychological stress that many of us are experiencing in the current pandemic, and now going into the winter holidays with condensed family time helping to ‘stir the pot’, the good news is that the Buddhist wisdom tradition has literally an unlimited amount of upāya (‘skillful means’ in […]
Death and the Dying Process: a Personal Reflection From a Westerner Living in the East
We will all experience this sooner or later. Losing someone who is dear to us. Someone who is so precious to us that contemplating their absence in our lives is almost unbearable, in fact, unimaginable. This is how my dad was to me. Together with my mum, he formed a rock in my life for […]
How Do We Justify World Travel In This Day and Age?
How can we justify world travel in this day and age? With our current pandemic it is very clear that now is not about outer movement and outer discovery. In contrary, these times are teaching many of us how we can learn to slow down and start appreciating and nourishing our own home base. It’s […]
Spiritual Travel – A Nepali Times Article
The Nepali Times interviews Himalayan Hermitage about their immersive meditation journeys in Nepal, Tibet, India, and Bhutan, and about how ‘spiritual travel’ can still be authentic for those from foreign cultures and in modern times.
How to Stay Healthy NATURALLY both Prior to and Whilst Travelling
Keeping a strong and healthy stomach and colon is important both when traveling, as much as it is in our daily lives. Probiotics are friendly bacteria and yeasts that are necessary for a healthy colon and a good digestive and immune system. After having taken antibiotics where we lose our healthy bacteria, probiotics is it’s […]
Journey to the Sacred Land of Tibet
Relaxing Into the Spaciousness of the Land When traveling across the Tibetan Plateau the line between tourist and pilgrim naturally fades. Here, we are not referring to being a pilgrim in a religious sense. We are speaking of something much larger. When standing in the middle of a vast, endless landscape where you feel so […]
Meditation and Pilgrimage
There is nothing religious about the practice of meditation or in visiting sacred places. In fact, there is nothing even Buddhist about it! The idea of pilgrimage here is that when one travels to explore sacred sites, one does so with a unique intention. This intention is different from the usual tourist’s reasons to travel. […]
Into the Land of Happiness
“I began to have a new appreciation of how being rooted in spiritual tradition might be a key to something akin to serenity, to life fully lived” Here is a great article from New York Times on making a journey into the Himalayas, namely to Nepal & Bhutan, how it is to immerse yourself with […]