Life as a Farmer

Monastic Living

I visited this monastery up on this hill top a few weeks ago and blown away by the glamour and glitz of it all. Its incredible how much wealth is sent from abroad to build these monasteries. The monks generally live really comfortable lives and then its such a contrast to visit the nunneries. There is no way to control the distribution of funds, therefore most of the money immediatly goes to the men rather than supporting buddhist studies for women. Nepal is still very old fashioned in this sense.

Quiet Morning

For Good Luck

Set a bird free and you are blessed with good luck!

Street Life

You get the gist......

Copper Makers~

Here are some photos I took while visiting the copper makers who traditionally make momos steamers. We have found a new use for these steamers seeing we now use them for our massage treatments at Wild Earth. This is a way to heat the hot stones which are then placed in the hot medicinal oils and place the stones all over your body according to the different chakras points.

Product Development for Wild Earth

Recently visited a local artist who we are supporting to make hand painted boxes for our new collection of oils. He is a one man show and talented in Tibetan style painting. He escaped from Tibet and now is living with his daughter and son in this one bedroom house where he also is commissioned to paint for various small businesses. He makes just enough to get by.