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Rendezvous with cooking
My cooking experiments began shortly after I started learning Yoga. To be honest, the Yoga course that I did, can be called a Yoga cum...
Priyamvada Mangal
Oct 15, 20192 min read
Acceptance
I read a quote by an author Andrea Dykstra which said, in order to love who you truly are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped...
Priyamvada Mangal
Aug 12, 20191 min read
Love – no cliches please
In yesterdays Yoga Sutra class, Saurabh gave the closest definition of what love REALLY is. The first Yama – Ahimsa. He said if you do...
Priyamvada Mangal
Jun 3, 20191 min read


Why I started drawing – AGAIN
I used to draw A LOT as a kid simply because it gave me a lot of joy! The only reason why I did not give my intermediate exams were...
Priyamvada Mangal
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Inside Out
Inside out is a movie about 11-year-old Riley whose family has recently moved from her old house in Minnesota to San Fransisco. She...
Priyamvada Mangal
Feb 25, 20191 min read
Love – overused word and underrated emotion
Out of all the things that have been written about, the last thing we need is someone writing on love right? Same with the last thing...
Priyamvada Mangal
Feb 12, 20192 min read
Things you can do to be happier
I recently started learning Yoga with all the possible sincerity. Yoga Sutra talks about the 8 limbs of Yoga which emphasises “Chitta...
Priyamvada Mangal
Jan 27, 20192 min read


How I started cooking
I did not understand food. And I was the exact opposite of what a foodie is. I always had this fantasy that ONE DAY! I will cook. But I...
Priyamvada Mangal
Jan 25, 20192 min read
Are we diverting ourselves with positivity?
“Optimism is realism for the optimist and pessimism is realism for the pessimist”, is my personal quote and one I still agree with. And...
Priyamvada Mangal
Jan 21, 20191 min read
Excerpts from Rujuta Diwekar’s talk
Disclaimer: Never take anything you read on the net at face value. Go and look for the deeper truth. Rujuta is a celebrity nutritionist...
Priyamvada Mangal
Dec 30, 20182 min read
Aparigraha – ancient Indian minimalism
It is not daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessentials – Bruce Lee. In a world of consumerism, some might find it...
Priyamvada Mangal
Dec 24, 20183 min read
Yoga and Life
Yoga teaches us about three main compositions of the mind/ body. Tamas, Rajas and Sattva. In the earlier times, people did not have the...
Priyamvada Mangal
Dec 8, 20182 min read
My Yoga health camp experience
I did not want to do the Health Camp, I assumed that I know the basics of Yoga – thanks to the regular classes I’ve been going to at The...
Priyamvada Mangal
Nov 16, 20182 min read


In the pursuit of being a minimalist
In a world of consumerism, some might find it rather absurd to live with the bare minimum, or to put it in better words, to live with...
Priyamvada Mangal
Nov 5, 20181 min read


A surreal landscape in Nepal
Dusk – A Surreal landscape on the way to the Elephant Resort at the Bardia National Park Some photographs make you stop and bring back a...
Priyamvada Mangal
Nov 3, 20181 min read
On freedom and its addiction.
Indian society cannot accept the fact that children have a mind of their own. Children are reprimanded for doing things they like, that...
Priyamvada Mangal
Sep 22, 20182 min read
One liners by the little Buddha
Optimism is realism for the optimist and pessimism is realism for the pessimist. If you fall in love with a person, heartbreaks and...
Priyamvada Mangal
Sep 2, 20183 min read


Why should you try Vipassana at least once in your life
Now they even have a name for it – Nomophobia – the fear of being out of cellphone contact. But, as the greatest spiritual people have...
Priyamvada Mangal
Aug 25, 20184 min read
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