When your mind feels busy and thoughts keep looping, it can be hard to settle. This is a simple, practical way I sometimes use to create a bit of space so the mind can soften and focus again.

You can’t force yourself to let go—but you can change your relationship with your thoughts. And that’s where real freedom begins.

I travelled to Amma’s ashram hoping her embrace might change something in me. But when the moment came, it felt… surprisingly ordinary. And that realisation taught me something far more valuable than I expected.

I never part with my passport—until an ashram in India asked me to leave it behind. What I expected to feel was anxiety. What I felt instead surprised me.