We all know the story of the caterpillar. We’d read it when we were kids. A caterpillar hatches from an egg and discovers a strange craving for food. One day, on eating too much, he nauseates himself and carves himself into a cocoon. And so it happened that on a bright sunny Friday morning, we gathered in Maitri looking for a safe place to rest and spin ourselves into a cocoon. We were hopeful and yet hesitant of the unknown. We gathered in a big circle and Sheetal Bhai opened the ses... read full story

" After 3 steps and a bow, we invited everyone to write a word on a moved by love tree drawing. A word or a value /practice which would remind them of their own divinity. As each one of them would write it, as a group we sent maitri to him/her and said the following prayer - "Dear (name)...May you be an instrument of love peace and oneness. May Peace prevail on earth." We all deeply felt the group synergy as everyone prayed for everyone." And like all previous retreats, ... read full story