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Giving thanks for my mother's birthday

Posted on Nov 25th, 2009 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

  This is a very special Nov. 26 for me: It's Thanksgiving and : My mother, who is in her 80s, is with me for the first time in over 25 years. I don't think... More »

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Healing Party!

Posted on Nov 8th, 2009 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

I've been having physical health issues, and naturally they're related to re-balancing in all the other energy centers:  emotions, personal will, heart connection, communication, intuition and always, those connections in oneness at the indescribable dimensions.... More »

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Mother's Day - Friday Five

Posted on May 8th, 2009 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

1) How do you celebrate Mother's Day? Usually, we go out with family and friends for lunch. I'm far away from my mother, so I can just wish her on the phone; and she'll be... More »

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Honoring Bharatanatyam in the International Day of Dance

Posted on Apr 29th, 2009 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

Today is International Day of Dance . On this day, I received an email from Explore Films showing Bharatanatyam , the Dance [natyam] of India [Bharat]. It is a classical dance form, from far-off times,... More »

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Happy Birthday Ma!

Posted on Nov 26th, 2008 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

Today is my dearest mother's birthday. I am blessed to see this day, even though I am half-way around the earth from her. My dad and sister are with her, and she is surrounded by... More »

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Sparrows and bees: Electronic Smog 'Is Disrupting Nature ...

Posted on Sep 11th, 2008 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

My mother remarked this time when I visited her in India. "I haven't seen a chidiya  for so long!" House sparrows used to be so ubiquitous, they are called by the generic name, " chidiya... More »

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Scrolling by those profane words

Posted on Jul 21st, 2008 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

 I was composing a blog on my way to work today [yes, the blog begins to write itself this way] -- about how I just can't bear reading swear words just as I wince each... More »

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Ma's witty wisdom for Mother's Day~ dedicated to Myanmar mothers

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

Running around, trying to feed one child, get another ready for school, braid a third one's hair while seeing that the indoor plant needs watering and groceries need replenishing...sound familiar? My mother said, with a... More »

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Mother's Day~ Ma's wit

Posted on May 10th, 2008 by  Meenakshi : Healing Balance Meenakshi

My mother's gentle, self-effacing manner belies the ready wit that she has often displayed to me. As kids, growing up vegetarian in a largely meat-eating community, we were often teased for being "grass-eaters" or challenged... More »

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