Our world is getting "better" at connecting us and yet we're reporting feeling more disconnected than ever. The issue: loneliness. The solution: understanding the 3 actions that lead to belonging. Shasta Nelson is passionate about all things friendship. As founder and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com— the female-friendship learning community—she speaks and writes regularly on this important topic.
She is the author of two books: Friendships Don’t Just Happen! The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of Girl- Friends and Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness. Her spirited and soulful voice can also be read at Shasta’s Friendship Blog and in her relationship health column in The Huffington Post.
She’s been interviewed on the Today show, Katie Couric’s show Katie, The Early Show, and on Fox Extra. She’s been consulted on friendship matters by writers and reporters from such magazines as Cosmopolitan, More, Real Simple, Redbook, and Good Housekeeping, and from such newspapers as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Watch her TED talk here.
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Come, experience India with us!
India exists in her stories
Every sight has a story to tell, and every story lives in a myriad site.
Join us on a quest for these stories, on walking tours and day trips that zigzag through the very beat and pulse of the city and its many attractions.
We’ll show you the best places to visit and introduce you to the best things to do on your visit.
Look beyond sightseeing tours. Come, experience India with us!
75 years of Heartfulness
The next 2 weeks are special as we celebrate 75 years of Heartfulness and over 120,000 people are likely to visit Kanha Shantivanam, Hyderabad, during this time. Please find below timings of group meditations on the celebration days and you are all encouraged to join the sessions if you can online OR sit where you are at these times OR sit at anytime convenient to you for 30 mins on these days:
28, 29 and 30 January: 6.30 am, 11 am, 5.30 pm
1, 2 and 3 February: 6.30 am, 11 am, 5.30 pm
7, 8, and 9 February: 7 am, 11.30 am, 6 pm.
The sessions can be viewed live at www.youtube.com/Heartfulness/Live.
Hope you all make use of this unique opportunity. (29Jan and 2Feb are the most auspicious days).
I will be available after school from Monday- Thursday (27th-30th) if you would like to take sittings and prepare for the weeks after. Please feel free to accept one or more or all invites. Kindly respond to the calendar invite so that I can plan and prepare accordingly.
Click this Oasis of Peace - Kanha Shantivanam
Wellness Academy - Teacher Application
Here is an opportunity for you all to share it with your colleagues. We are looking for applications for the Wellness Academy. If you would like to offer an activity that goes beyond a 60-120 minute afternoon session, you will be encouraged to apply for a stipended position to run a class for your peers, for a minimum of 10 hours. Are you passionate about sewing? Do you like to bake? Can you lead yoga or zumba classes? Would you be able to teach Bollywood dancing? What other unique classes might you be able to teach? Email vpriya@aischennai.org and tkeeley@aischennai.org if you have any ideas
Click here to find out more about what your colleagues have to offer from the wellness academy.
Links to online shopping
This link will is a guide to online shopping sites in India. It will keep getting updated as and when someone recommends a site they bought something. Click hereList of Restaurants
Are you a foodie? Looking for restaurants to have a good meal? Here is a list of restaurants that you may want to visit. Feel free to add to it.
