This is a real story about a travel bug’s life transformation. I absolutely love traveling, but I have no real explanation on why I feel this way. Perhaps my travel bug is part of my nomadic bloodline which can be traced back to the ancestors on my mother’s side. Or perhaps I have moved around so often as a child that this has become an imprint on my way of living.
I left my footprint on many parts of the world
I have traveled to over 40 countries. My first taste of such joy was from the time I backpacked through Europe in my early twenties fresh out of college. It was an eye opening experience: I fell in love with the people, the art and culture, and the food on the road. Over the years, I have left my footprint on more parts of the world and paid pilgrimage to the ancient and modern wonders.
At different points of my journey, I picked up interesting projects such as teaching English to Sudanese refugees in Egypt and building compost toilets for mountain village schools in Nepal. Besides the joy and accomplishments that I have acquired from the journey physically, extensive traveling eventually opened a door for me to see something else beyond the physical realities – leading to my ultimate lifestyle transformation.
Dancer Pose at Lake Ohrid 
Meditation at Pune 
Hiking at Cappadocia
Then I Entered An Irreversible Inner Journey
Just like an adventurous explorer who crossed the arctic or dived deep into the ocean to seek the unknown, my experimentation of living different lifestyles amongst the mesmerizing different physical realities triggered the inquiry of my inner reality. I came to a point of no return which marked the beginning of my inner journey, and it was metaphorically a one-way street, irreversible. Thus I entered a new path of my life and then literally disappeared for seven years from the normal world into ashrams and meditation centers from India to Europe.
Through Pulsation Breathwork which I have picked up on the way, I began a journey of emotional regression that took me layer by layer into different feelings and thoughts that formed my identity over time since my conception. Memories and locked emotions started flowing when I connected to them again as a reunion with forgotten friends. This process took several years to integrate as I relived through different emotional stages with different perspectives and awareness.
Rebirth: The Body Replaces Itself Every 7 Years
Seven years in such exploration have also passed ever so quickly. Scientific data indicate that the body replaces itself with a largely new set of cells every seven years on the average. In the sense of spiritual growth, I feel that I have been reborn already. Breathwork has also been backed by science research that it can activate the parasympathetic nervous system and deactivate the sympathetic nervous system. More simply put, I have been rewired. I am the same yet not the same anymore. My perception of the world has changed along with the sensitivity of my body to feel has also changed.
I understand now that I am an unique creature in between the spiritual and the physical world. I embrace the glamorous outer realities as well as the deep inner universe that I hold within me.