Living Traditions

As Basant rtu or spring arrives so do the harvest festivals because the Rabi crops are ripe for harvest. Traditionally, this season of agricultural renewal also starts the New Year for several communities across India

Traditions of cleaning have been a part of many cultures across the world. But more than cleaning, our lives today require decluttering

When we consciously begin the day by observing nature, its rhythms and experiencing their effects on life and us, we can align our senses with the natural elements and forces connected to them

One of the first textual references to Holi occurs in Ratnavali, a play or natika from the 7th century CE, written by Harsha Deva

A longstanding western tradition holds that the man was banished to the moon for a crime, like stealing. According to Dante’s Inferno that man was Cain

Sitting by the sea, in the early 70s, watching the ebb and flow of waves that rose and crashed, the now 79-year old physicist Fritjof Capra, author of the bestseller The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallel between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (1975), had an epiphany.

Nidra or deep, restful sleep is one of the body’s most potent, natural tool of restoration. And yet, most people don’t get enough of it

We all have our rituals. The things that we do for ourselves. The small actions that make up our personal routines

Sanatana Dharma is life itself; it is a thing that has not so much to be believed in as lived said Sri Aurbindo. In its simplistic essence, Sanatana means eternal