India Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/india/ Yoga by Fran Gallo Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:31:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/frangallo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-making-vector-wip-favi.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 India Archives - Yoga by Fran Gallo https://frangallo.com/category/india/ 32 32 56610905 South India 2020 Slideshow https://frangallo.com/south-india-2020-slideshow/ https://frangallo.com/south-india-2020-slideshow/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:31:42 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=19162 Holy Moly, India! You’ve done it again. You’ve captured my heart and soul. I bring back with me your smiles and kindness, your curiosity and your audacity to believe that the divine lives within all of us. I bring back with me the pleading eyes of the dogs (craving love and attention) at the [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/south-india-2020-slideshow/feed/ 4 19162 Loving Kindness Yoga https://frangallo.com/loving-kindness-yoga/ https://frangallo.com/loving-kindness-yoga/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:12:51 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=19129 I am back from South India, reeling from jet lag, sorting through the visuals in my mind, and processing various feelings floating around in my heart. This blog post touches upon the yoga we experienced as a group while traveling throughout South India. I say "touch upon" because I don't think I can ever [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/loving-kindness-yoga/feed/ 2 19129 Journey of the Spirit https://frangallo.com/journey-of-the-spirit/ https://frangallo.com/journey-of-the-spirit/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2020 17:50:16 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=19110 The above quote was written by Abraham Barak Salem. He lived in the section of Cochin known as Jew Town. He was an Indian nationalist and a Zionist, a lawyer, and a politician. He has a street named after him.  In fact, I found the above quote on a corner wall, nearly hidden from [...]

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]]> https://frangallo.com/journey-of-the-spirit/feed/ 4 19110 A Bird Sanctuary https://frangallo.com/a-bird-sanctuary/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:45:24 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=19090 Greetings from South India.  I am finally able to post this blog on a fantastic bird sanctuary we visited earlier on this trip. There are times in life when getting up at the crack of dawn is worth every second of deprived sleep! Such is the experience when going to visit Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary. [...]

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]]> 19090 Walking The Mile In His Shoes https://frangallo.com/walking-the-mile-in-his-shoes/ https://frangallo.com/walking-the-mile-in-his-shoes/#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:03:24 +0000 https://frangallo.com/?p=19074 This is a story about shoes, a spiritual pilgrimage, and an extraordinary man. It happened a few years ago when I was teaching daily yoga while on tour with Spiritual India Journeys to South India. We were en route to Madurai and we stopped for a visit to the Rock Fort Temple. It was [...]

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