Archive - Rina G. Patel's Newsletter

Today is Maha Shivaratri: The Night When Spirit Touches Earth

When winter transitions to spring, where Divine Consciousness and human awareness are said to meet in perfect harmony.

Feb 25 •

Navigating America’s Collective Crisis of Confidence

On our individual and collective transitions, expanding our capacity to move beyond binary thinking, and weaving new stories that can hold us all.

Feb 25 •

December 2024

From Brooklyn to the Bay Area

On fate and destiny, living amongst the trees, and following inner whispers westward

Dec 27, 2024 •

October 2024

Navaratri: 9 Nights of Honoring the Goddess (Oct 3 - Oct 12, 2024)

Why do we dance in circles and why in Gujarati, is it called garba?

Oct 11, 2024 •

The Truth About Sita: Ramayana from the Feminine Perspective

What we’re never taught about Sita’s character in the Ramayana.

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Form Follows Function: Lessons From Ayurvedic Medicine

On Ayurvedic philosophy and becoming more of who we really are.

Sep 27, 2024 •

This may be the worst post you ever read

On nurturing the ideas we hold sacred, but not holding on too tight that we begin to suffocate them and ourselves.

Sep 20, 2024 •

February 2023

PCOS and Healing: My 3rd Ayurveda Panchakarma Treatment in India 🍃

I'm writing again, studying Ayurveda, and documenting my hormone balancing journey as I spend 27 days in a beautiful treatment center in South India.

Feb 13, 2023 •

May 2022

Where did the Patels come from?

There are 5,000,000 of us around the world, it's high time we knew where we came from.

May 16, 2022 •

March 2022

Gujaratis in America

Taken from Chapter 4

Mar 21, 2022 •

My dad was a diamond factory worker in Gujarat prior to immigrating to the US. In his early days he couldn't afford a flat, so he slept on streets and…

Mar 14, 2022 •

February 2022

Forgotten dates & wrong birthdays

Pre India's independence many families didn't record their children's date of birth.

Feb 17, 2022 •

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