Thanks to J. Guillermo Robayo Gómez for this wonderful photo. In the process of caring for Geeti over the past weeks, something quiet but fundamental has been shifting in me. My inner compass is gently turning towards a more deeply peaceful way of being in the world. In truth, this turning has been many years in the making. For a long time now, my life has been oriented toward the heart, service, love, devotion, and sincerity. And yet, I can feel something refining further — becoming...

Finding the right mantra medicine for you is something I can only really speak about from my own lived experience, and from the knowledge I’ve gathered through practice over the last fifteen years. Mantra, for me, is deeply personal. That’s exactly why I feel drawn to share this—because while there is a lot we can learn from textbooks and traditional teachings, lived experience often tells a more nuanced story. And sometimes, those two don’t quite say the same thing. There is a well-known...

Life has a way of changing in an instant. For us, that moment came on November 15th, when Geeti broke her leg—a tibial plateau fracture that required surgery, several metal rods, and a hospital stay. Since she came home, life has contracted into the walls of our house and the immediate radius of her bedside, and I have been caring for her around the clock. It has been an intense transition, yet as I reflect on these past weeks, I realize that this journey of caregiving has been healing,...