One-Eyed Mama learns the essence of kumbhaka pranayama
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor tries out the breath work of kumbhaka pranayama and learns lessons in stillness, holding on, and letting go.
Tag: spirituality
One-Eyed Mama has coffee with Osho
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor encounters Osho through her work and spends hours listening to Osho lectures over filter coffee while healing at an Ayurvedic retreat.
One-Eyed Mama visits an Ayurvedic centre in Kerala to heal her eyesight
One-Eyed Mama aka Aekta Kapoor heads to an Ayurvedic health centre in Kerala to see if the ancient Indian science of life could cure her vision loss.
One-Eyed Mama learns equipoise and fills her empty nest with Sat-chit-ananda
Aekta Kapoor, aka One-Eyed Mama, attempts to follow truth, consciousness and bliss to heal from her attachments and suffering.
One-Eyed Mama grows a mighty heart as her chick flies the coop
In the second part of her column One-Eyed Mama, Aekta Kapoor writes about learning to let go of those she loves the most, armed with faith and surrender.
“Using religion as a political tool will make the youth of the country averse not only to religion, but also to spirituality”
Educationist and entrepreneur Chitwan Mittal’s publishing house has set out to bring the wisdom of ancient South Asian saints closer to the hearts of consumer-age kids.
A ‘dating detox’ and a woman’s quest to awaken the divine feminine energy within her
Natasha Scripture’s intriguing memoir ‘Man Fast’ takes us through her romantic trysts and spiritual quest as she travels the globe for work and self-discovery.
God on the Tip of Our Tongues: How the Pandemic Normalised Spiritual Discourse
Religious references are making their way into everyday conversations, and spiritual discourse has become commonplace in the pandemic, writes Aekta Kapoor.
Arundhathi Subramaniam’s Encounters with 4 Women Mystics Who ‘Wear Only Themselves’
Acclaimed poet Arundhathi Subramaniam’s new book features four contemporary women who have chosen to transcend social barriers and walk the spiritual path alone.
3 Mantras That Gave Me Strength and Courage During India’s Second Covid Wave
Faced with Covid in my own close family, I too, like many others, descended into the hell of uncertainty, fear, helplessness, desperation and panic. These 3 mantras gave me strength.
“The More Disconnection There Is to the Self, the More Fear” – Holistic Psychologist Dr Nicole LePera
Holistic psychologist Dr Nicole LePera has promoted self-healing to her 3.7 million Instagram followers for years; she’s now written a book on it.
Struck by Covid, I Realised How the Pandemic Is Creating a Wave of Awakening in Humanity
Covid survivor Shoneeka reflects on the coronavirus pandemic – is it a rise or a fall?
When My Eye Problem Led Me to an ‘Opening of the Eyes’
One morning, waiting for her turn in a crowded ophthalmologist’s office amidst all the noise and mayhem, Aekta Kapoor had an opening of the eyes.
‘We Love Ourselves by Paying Attention to the Quality of Our Thoughts, Words, and Actions” – Sharon M Koenig
Puerto Rican author Sharon M Koenig on her new book, meeting Dada JP Vaswani, and finding God
This Ex-CSO of Cisco Took Off to the Amazon Rainforest and Discovered a New Calling
Futurist and author Ayelet Baron quit the rat race of America’s corporate world and became a truly global citizen connected to the people and planet.
Why the Bhagavad Gita Is Still a Relevant Self-Help Guide in the Time of Covid
Author Richa Tilokani on her new book that simplifies the Bhagavad Gita for lay readers, and why it’s more relevant than ever in modern times.
Devotional Singer Shivali Bhammer on Giving Up Equity Trading for Bhakti and Bhajans
Shivali Bhammer gave up a lucrative career in equity trading to follow her teenage passion of singing devotional hymns from the Indian tradition.
My Real-Life Miracle: The Baby in the Church and the Touch of God
Mumbai-based Ophealia deRoze was going through a lonely patch in her life when a baby turned up like an angel to heal her.
How I Finally Understood the Essence of This Sanskrit Shloka During the Pandemic
Energy is neither created nor destroyed; the universe is always whole.
eShe TV: What to Do if You Don’t Like Your Husband
Not everyone has choice of spouse in India, and even it’s a happy marriage, there are days you don’t really like your partner. Aekta Kapoor shares 4 tips on how to be happy even so.
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