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My Ashram Life in Rajasthan
Here is a guest article about my time at the Shri Jasnath Ashram in India! Have fun reading! [...]Read Mo
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Women of India
Actually, my headline is already wrong. You can’t actually write about women in India in general. In India there is not the “typical woman”. Depending on the location, caste, and class, the female inhabitants differ greatly in their lives on the Indian subcontinent. Hardly any life is like the other. With this article, I am [...]Read Mo
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Interview with Hamreet- Housewife from Delhi and follower of the Sikh Tradition
Interview with Harmeet Khurana, 25 years old, member of the Sikh religion Harmeet is a twenty-five-year-old housewife from Delhi. She has been married to her husband Charanjeet for 6 years and has a three-year-old son, Angad. Harmeet, who belongs to the Sikh religion, invited me to her home for an interview, so that I could [...]Read Mo
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Interview with a Rajasthani fire dancer
Deep in rural Rajasthan, 100 km from Jodhpur, Shri Jasnath Asan is located in the small village of Panchla Siddha. A small ashram belonging to the Shri Jasnath sect. Saint Jasnath is the first guru of a chain of saints who spiritual guiding the Jasnath community for about 500 years. The disciples of the Jasnath [...]Read Mo
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An ashram, a guru and the hot sun of Rajasthan
More than 2 hours teh bus takes over the almost straight road through the flickering heat of the Rajasthan sun. I sit sandwiched between an elderly gentleman with a goat on his lap and a young woman in a pink Rajasthani outfit and a long dark ponytail and beautiful face, both covered by a thin [...]Read Mo
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A day well spent in an Indian mountain village
I am very fortunate to have friends all over India, all of them with very different lifestyles, different religiouns and from different societies. This allows me to get a great insight of the people of India and to experience how the inhabitants of India live. I was invited to the village Kanol by my former [...]Read Mo
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Nine points to ask the Trekking organizer before booking a trekking tour
Here is a checklist that everyone should make sure of before booking a trek: The porters: Are there separate porters or do the employees have to do double work and additionally work as a guide or cook? How much weight do the porters carry? More than 20 kg per person is no longer humane. Is [...]Read Mo
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Delhi Sightseeing by Bike
Anyone who has ever been to India or perhaps seen one or the other documentary on television, knows India is richly populated and especially in the cities there is a lot of crowds on the streets. Another special feature of the traffic in India is of course the driving style of the Indians themselves. Here [...]Read Mo
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The Magic of Mudras
Here is another article from me about the power of Mudras: Yogastern.com! Have fun reading! [...]Read Mo
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Indian preparation: Nettle Vegetables
Affordable, easy to prepare, vegan and healthy!!!! Nettles as an Indian main course When I visited Ashok’s mountain village, I not only gained a lot of experience, but also came to know a delicious and easy recipe for preparing stingy nettles as vegetables!! Recipe for 4 people Ingredients: 1 kg nettles 50 g rice Salt [...]Read Mo
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Guided Meditation on the Universal Sound of the Om
Namaste At the moment I am back in a yoga/meditation phase and have just returned from a week-long yoga retreat in Leh to Manali. The publication of my “Om-Meditation” on the Asanayoga.de blog fits really well! In the article I explain step by step how you get into meditation on the sound of the om [...]Read Mo
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Bollywood in India
To many of us, the kitschy and long Bollywood movies of the nineties with lots of dance, music and romance (but without kissing of course!) are known. But Bollywood has changed a lot during the past 20-30 years and besides these typical and so-called “masala movies” (masala= Indian spices, meaning the movies are a mix [...]Read Mo
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Recipe: Stuffed Indian Peppers
I love Indian food and to be honest, that’s one (of the many) reason I’ve been in India for so long. The Indian diet suits me perfectly: full-fledged vegetarian meals, well seasoned with lots of lentils, vegetables, rice, yogurt and homemade bread. In the meantime, I already master the art of Indian cooking quite well [...]Read Mo
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How safe am I as a woman in India?
Delhi City. Midnight. 31 December 2009. The streets are dark and deserted, no human soul except me and my friend in the quiet alleys of the normally crowded metropolis. There, suddenly people. They come closer to us: 10 boys, drunk, exuberant.They see us. Get excited. Running towards us. Reaching their hands out to us and [...]Read Mo
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Successful lecture evening about outdoor and sports trips in the Indian Himalayas
My two-month stay in Germany came to a nice end last week: In addition to a cheerful carnival party in my home village of Ferch, I taught a yoga class on Monday and had a lot of pleasure to present my tour offers in front of a nice audience in the Wilhelm Galerie at the [...]Read Mo
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Fighting digestive problems with yoga
The Christmas season with the many snacks and lavish meals is already a bit behind us, but some of us may still have some problems with the excessive calorie intake. Who doesn’t know them: full feeling, abdominal pain, bloating, bumping, etc. On Aanayoga.de’s blog, I’ve published an article that introduces yoga exercises to get digestion [...]Read Mo
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180 days stay in India with a tourist visa
Visa Run to Nepal Even if you have one-year-old, five-year-old or even ten-year-old (the lucky Americans!) Visa for India does not mean that you can be in India indefinitely! After 180 days ( sometimes 90 days) of continiuos stay you usually have to leave the country. If you don’t want to home, you can simply [...]Read Mo
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India versus Germany- A comparison
Many people interested in India often ask me what are the biggest differences between India and Germany. Often I can’t find a quick answer to this, because I’ve always been in India for far too long, so that everything in India seems totally “normal” to me. I only notice the big differences when I travel [...]Read Mo
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Merry Christmas and a good start to the new year!
With this article I would like to send you heartfelt Christmas greetings! After a surprising winter consumption delayed my departure from India, I am now healthy and happy with my family in the warm house with light and hot running water in Germany. (Just before my departure, we had heavy snow fall with a powercut [...]Read Mo
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Kath Katha – Goan vegetable curry
It is a traditionl, that whenever I come from India to Germany, I cook Indian with friends and family! When we cook in India, we prepare our meals relatively simple and always in the common pattern. Here you can find an recipe for the Indian Gravy Base. You can simply make the base and then [...]Read Mo
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300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy Training in the Paramand Ashram in Indore
So the month of November is over and with it my intensive yoga teacher training. Officially, I am now a 500-hour certified yoga teacher by theinternationally recognized Yoga Alliance and have a certificate in yoga therapy. During the last four weeks I have not only studied yoga in many ways, but have lived yoga, thought [...]Read Mo
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Day hike to the Patalsu summit
Admittedly: Day hike sounds a bit too “nice”, a little too “easy”, as if you had a nice walk in the mountains. But that was not the case! Not at all! The Patalsu peak is 4220 meters high and can be reached from the Solang valley (2560 m). The trek up to the summit is [...]Read Mo
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Goodbye Manali, Hello Indore!
Arrival at the Paramand Institute of Yoga Research and Science Yesterday, I had to say goodbye to Manali, the place that has finally become my home this year. It was tough and it’s still tough. Only the knowledge that I will come again makes the loss of this place and the people I leave behind [...]Read Mo
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Expedition to Hanuman Tibba Summit-Small Insights
Since a few treks (and there have been many this season) I feel that I am now ready for more: more height, more adventure, more challenge. And what just happend? We got a booking for the expedition to Hanuman Tibba and I can come along! Hanuman Tibba is the highest mountain in the Dauladhar mountain [...]Read Mo
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New article: Food and Drinks in Northern India
I have published a new article at linkwriter. Here I give a little introduction to Indian dishes and explain them! [...]Read Mo
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Hanuman Tibba Day 5 und 6
The Last Days of The Adventure Day 5 Over Glaciers and Morains We woke up in the bright sunshine and we were still overwhelmed by the mighty peak of Hanuman Tibba! During breakfast I sat right infront of it and still couldn’t believe that we would be on top the day after tomorrow. Again the [...]Read Mo
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Day 3 and 4 of the expedition to Hanuman Tibba
Day 3 From Base Camp to Camp 1 Now the expedition would actually start. Completely on our own, we left the Base camp and made our way up to the first camp heavily loaded. Of course, we were aware that we were far from carrying the entire load, because we had already carried up our [...]Read Mo
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Day 1 of the Hanuman Expedition: From Manali to Lake Beaskund/ Day 2: From Manali to Camp 1 and back again
Day 1 To Lake Beaskund (Base Camp) With big heavy backpacks and three porters and ready for an adventure we started in the morning by car to Dundhi to get from here with a five-hour trek to Lake Beaskund. I was quite tense, because I was on the road with four strong men, three of [...]Read Mo
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10 Things to do in Manali
After writing an article about all the sports activities in and around Manali, now it’s time to get to activities away from sports! [...]Read Mo
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Old Manali – the perfect starting point for trekking, mountain biking, adventure and to get to Spiti and Leh
Old Manali is a small tourist area located 3 km up from Manali Town in the Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Unlike many other villages in this region, Old Manali is very well developed for tourism and serves as a small oasis for many long-term travellers to distance themselves from the “real India” for a few [...]Read Mo
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Holy bathing day in the Kullu Valley
According to the local calendar, we are in the month of Bhadrapada on the day Shukla 11 in the year 2071. Today is the end of summer and the cold season starts.. Both the people and the Gods stake this day to take a holy bath. Sacred rivers, springs or lakes are suitable for this [...]Read Mo
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What makes a trek Special
…. all this is trekking and are the main reasons why treks in the Himalayas inspire me so much! But the really unique thing about a trek are the special encounters with people. And by that I don’t only mean the great cultural exchange with the various guests from all over the world, no, I [...]Read Mo
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Tipping in India
Also in India, especially in tourism, it is customary to give a tip for good service. In some professions, such as waiters, people are even dependent on tipping. For example a friend of mine worked for 4000 rupees a month in a small restaurant in Goa. 4000 rs is equivalent to 50 euros. Even a [...]Read Mo
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Three great day tours by bicycle in the Kullu Valley
At the moment I am currently staying in Old Manali for a long time. Longer time means at least two weeks and most of it in the office in front of the computer or if I am lucky on the yoga mat in front of my students. Spending some time in Manali is good for [...]Read Mo
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Health Travel Preparations for India- About Vaccinations for a Trip to India
General health aspects for India A trip to India is a unique experience and often becomes an unforgettable adventure. In order to be able to enjoy the trip to the fullest during the stay in India and to be able to resonate positively after the trip, it is important to deal with your health in [...]Read Mo
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Surrounded by men – travelling as a woman in India
I have published a guest article on the blog of theroyalgreen. The article is comment about the rape scandals in India. [...]Read Mo
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12 days trekking tour from Spiti Valley to Ladakh
A few days ago I returned to Manali safe and healthy from my longest and highest trek yet!It was a unique experience and I had become very accustomed to the seclusion and solitude of trekking! I enjoyed that for almost two weeks nothing else was important but to walk, eat, sleep and only be in [...]Read Mo
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12 days trekking from Spiti to Ladakh successfully completed
Impressions of a unique trek from the village of Kibber to Tsomoriri and Tsokar Lake Here the full trekking Report [...]Read Mo
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Flora of the Himalayas
Dear Grandma, these photos are for you! Can you help me with the determination? Thank you!! [...]Read Mo
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