Fashion Observer Magazine Sept. 2014 | Page 112

This rite of passage is one that many of us need to take, not only to discover Incredible India and see the greatness of the Taj Mahal but to enter into the depth of our heart, find the authentic self behind the beliefs of our society and find our own greatness. So just like the Israeli Soldier straight of the battlefields, I embarked on a journey to discover my true identity and to ask myself the deep questions to which I found the answers from the small yoga town of Rishikesh to the Himalayan mountains at Ananda Spa.   India is everything people say it will be and more, the streets are filled with people, men in Kurtas, women in their coloured Sari’s, cars, cows and the remnants they leave behind. No one gets used to this side of India but the people who come always end up finding more than what one can feel with the five senses. Rishikesh is a small town on the banks of the Ganges River and ever since the Beatles rocked up at the Ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh yogi in the late 60’s, people have been coming to this town in search of self.