Destinations for the Spirit Part 7

Arambol, India

There is no place comparable to India. Mother India is a mini extension of Mother Earth. She’s a whole separate being inside our very own world, removed yet connected through the bustling economic powerhouses of the continent’s industries. You arrive from your familiar world and instantly land outside yourself, walking off your now seemingly comfortable airliner seat with no turning back, and you step without any medium directly into a reality filled with energy and miasmic movement tying closely to Hinduism’s dizzying pantheon of deities. India is India, again…no place, no culture comparable. Yet venture down to the northern state of Goa to a little enclave of rest, relaxation, yogic discipline and creative meditation and you’ll find yourself in Arambol. Here you can do anything from indulging in daily-caught seafood to checking into a yoga retreat center. Or, better yet, design an itinerary for your Self only and enjoy the long stretches of empty beaches to the south where naked bodies align with the movements of various healing traditions, from Qigong to the country’s ancient sutras. This is India, where every locale is a yatra, or pilgrimage of sanctity.

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