You feel over-dressed, red-faced, and sweaty among the barely-dressed yogi folk wafting past in the Om peace reception area. Jetlag is hitting and the ‘shanti welcome’ chai that you have been given.

For the sake of this argument we’re in India. It could be anywhere in Asia but India is good. The setting is part stripped down resort-white, part indigenous Indian village (the gentle jangle of local women’s wedding bangles in the background for soothing authenticity). You feel over-dressed, red-faced, and sweaty among the barely-dressed yogi folk wafting past in the Om peace reception area. Jetlag is hitting and the ‘shanti welcome’ chai that you have been given in an unfired terracotta cup tastes as though it might have been strained through the undies of the old fella who helped carry in your bags. More...

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