by Shira | Jan 12, 2016 | Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, I write to you today from Puttaparthi, a small cosmopolitan ashram town about 3 hours from Bangalore in the Southern part of India. It is a balmy 33 degrees and the usual sounds of construction, honking horns, birds chirping, monkeys jumping, and...
by Shira | Oct 11, 2015 | Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, Last Tuesday I looked out my window only to see the aged electrical pole in front of my window split in half. How and why this happened I have no idea but busy Gerrard St. was soon a snarled mess of police officers directing traffic, enormous trucks...
by Shira | Jan 19, 2015 | Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, I recently picked up a favourite old book of mine called “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. I was sitting on the subway during one of my regular work day commutes as I read the words; “And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life’s inmost...
by Shira | Dec 18, 2014 | Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, It is my first time back in Toronto for the holiday season in several years; a kind of new/old experience! Amidst all the shopping madness, snow and drizzle, Christmas carols, chocolate, and lights, I have been reflecting on space. A few weeks ago I...
by Shira | Nov 19, 2014 | Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends and family, A couple of weekends ago I had the fortune of watching a marathon (the Toronto Marathon) for the first time. I have never had much interest in running to be honest (I can barely run a few blocks) and the only reason I went was because a...
