Experience

There is more hatha yoga in CA, then in all of India. If I wanted to learn Ashtanga Vinyasa, one of the best teachers in the world, a friend, in Boulder, who speaks English, knows sanskrit, and is in Boulder, CO.
I didn't need to go to Mysore, India where the practice originated to learn it.
In fact if I am a beginner at the practice, I am, then his students are excellent teachers.
If I wanted to learn Buddhist meditation, then what better place then Boulder where Trungpa left Tibet 30 or so years ago.
If I wanted to learn Ayurveda, one of the best practioners in America is a friend and teacher and knows English.
My education at Naropa planted the seed for that practice.
India will be the most populated planet in the world by 2030 says the Lonely Planet.
82 percent of the population of India is Hindu, followed by Muslim, Buddhist, and so on says the Lonley planet.
Bhakti Yoga or yoga of devotion is practiced by millions of people in India, as are other practices. Spirituality is a part of the culture.
The experience, the environment, the food, the culture, everything blissful, and hellish is why I love being here and why I will return.
I hope that even if you stay a armchair sofa seat traveler that my experience will allow you to look into your own life and purpose and experience. I hope you look into your own life during your short time on this planet and strip away what is not neccesary and boil it down to what is important. I am trying to do it right NOW! "You don't throw your life away going inside" as John Frusciante says on "To Record Water for Only Ten Days."