Winter Tour 2009: Overview

The 2009 Winter Tour consisted of about 15 participants, most of whom were from Illinois or Indiana, but also included representatives from as far away from the US Midwest as Colombia, South America (via the Canajoharie school), Texas, and Washington DC! With ages ranging from below five to above 40s, and length of time as a Sahaja Meditation practitioner ranging from a handful of years to a lifetime, this was a very diverse group of people who got together to escape the harsh Midwest winter and spread the joy of Sahaja Meditation to the southern states.

Here's a brief overview of the itinerary and activities:

• 12/23: The gathering of participants in Indianapolis IN
• 12/24, 25: The long drive to Atlanta GA, where we celebrated Christmas
• 12/26 - 28: Two nights in Panama City Beach FL
• 12/28, 29: The journey to, and a great time in, Mobile AL
• 12/30: Spreading the word in Columbus GA
• 12/31: Spreading the word in Atlanta GA, and New Year's celebration
• 1/1, 2: The long drive back to Indianapolis IN, and dispersing of participants

(please follow the links to more details for each leg of the trip)

During the course of the Winter Tour, we were fortunate enough to have had the opportunities to distribute large quantities of flyers publicising online meditation classes and relevant local classes, and to enable kundalini awakening / self-realisation to numerous people:

• Panama City Beach FL: ~25 Realisations; ~1100 flyers
• Mobile AL: ~40 Realisations; ~550 flyers
• Columbus GA: ~50 Realisations; ~550 flyers
• Mobile AL: ~65 Realisations; ~1000 flyers

After a journey of over 2000 miles and 10 days, participants returned to Indianapolis exhausted but satisfied at the successful completion of yet another Winter Tour.

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Winter Tour 2009: The End

The first day of 2010 dawned bright and sunny, an excellent start to the new year.

Still tired from the late night, we still were woken up relatively early in order to have breakfast, freshen up, pack, and load ourselves into the vehicles for the long drive back to Indianapolis.



We were looking forward to being back home, but at the same time we were a little sad that the Tour was now at an end, and that we had to leave the hospitality of the Atlanta collective.

The drive back was long but uneventful.

By the time were reached Indianapolis, we were back down to about 10 participants. Still wired from the drive, and from the Tour in general, we spent the night recording ourselves dancing to various Indian songs, much to our amusement.

The next day, we visited a nearby family in Indianapolis who had recently had a baby. We then dispersed and went our separate ways back to West Lafayette, Chicago, Bloomington-Normal and Springfield.

The Tour had come to its end.

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