Category: Lifestyle

Nirarta: A Paradise Retreat In Bali

This past June I was invited to participate in an 8-day wellness retreat at the Nirarta Center for Living Awareness in Bali, Indonesia. I also acted as the on-site Massage Therapist administering to the needs of the participants. I ended up staying in Bali for 3 weeks. I can recall when our taxi driver turned [...]

Elephant Orphanage

The next time you need to buy a present for someone whether for a child or an adult, consider giving them the unique opportunity of fostering an orphaned elephant or rhinoceros? Instead of buying more toys or things that they will eventually grow tired of, this is the kind of gift they will treasure forever. [...]

Tuesday July 15th, 2008 in Editor's Pick, Humanity, Lifestyle | No Comments »

The Four Seasons

Whilst sitting in the living room enjoying my morning cup of tea I look out through the window and can see the tops of the Pyrenees layered in a white cloak of snow. A light mist hovers ever so lightly above the peaks stretching downwards to the valley — a sure sign Winter has arrived. [...]

Friday December 21st, 2007 in Health and Well-Being, Lifestyle, The Arts | No Comments »

Prosperous or Preposterous

The United States can boast that it is the world’s richest country with more billionaires than all the industrialized nations put together, and has the mightiest military and the best technology. This is all true. Yet, with all that prosperity and power can the U.S. boast about its dismal ranking of 42nd in life expectancy [...]

Wednesday August 15th, 2007 in Humanity, Lifestyle | No Comments »

The Princess and the Frog

I received this lovely fairytale in an email forwarding. I decided to publish this humorous and insightful message on Gram Of Truth as well as emailing it to my friends. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did. It should have been read to us when we were little girls. However, our [...]

Friday August 3rd, 2007 in Lifestyle, The Arts | No Comments »