Chai Guides

  Namaste “Tea tempers the spirit, harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens the thought and prevents drowsiness.” – Lu Yu, The Classic Art of Tea   Namaste Chai Ghai family. Our soul honours your soul; we honour the entire place where the whole universe resides. We honour the light, the love, truth, beauty and peace within you because it is also within us. In sharing these principles we are united, we are the same, we are one. Winter has arrived, and along with it comes the cold, frosty vibrations of the universe. The nostalgia of contrasting the...

“So long as lips shall kiss, and eyes shall see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” -Vatsyayana   A big misconception in western culture is that the Kama Sutra is solely a guide that explores and emphasizes sexual positions. In reality it is an ancient Indian spiritual text that dates back to the 3rd century. Beyond that it offers a manual for life and love by providing steps on how to live well, the nature of love, how to find a partner and what it takes to improve one’s love life. Taking its name from Kama,...

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin         The concept of spirituality, divine consciousness, gods, goddesses or a realm of the sacred dates back to the beginning of civilization. When we open our minds, we can expand our consciousness to different states of being. Spirituality involves the recognition of a feeling, sense or belief that there is something greater than oneself, something more to being human than sensory experience, and that the greater whole of which we are a part of is cosmic or...

“Ram! The light of lights, the self-luminous inner light of the Self is ever shining steadily in the chamber of your heart. Sit quietly. Close your eyes. Withdraw the senses. Fix the mind on this supreme light and enjoy the real Deepavali, by attaining illumination of the soul”     Chai Ghai would like to wish all our customers, readers and like minded souls a bright and prosperous Diwali. This year Diwali falls on November 4th and is most commonly observed by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs as well as some Buddhists. Diwali, known commonly as the “Festival of Lights” is...

“Spice a dish with love and it pleases every palate”- Plautus    The traditional Indian method of therapeutically brewing chai with a ratio of masala spices governed by your families’ palate, stirring milk in and having the entire elixir come to a boil dates back centuries. With that being said, the modernization of chai has produced an alternative brewing method. This still features steeping the tea and spices first, but now includes adding steamed milk at the end. The result is a chai latte. All of Chai Ghai’s recipes were passed down from Vimla Rani Ghai (Mummyji), and from our...

Procaffeinating: the tendency to not start anything until you have had your first cup of Chai       The universe aligns itself around energy that is comprised of small vibrations. Through feeling these vibrations from within, our mood can be determined or adjusted. What we put in our body understandably affects how it feels, and as a result how we interact with these vibrations. Caffeine is without a doubt a mood altering substance that can unlock energy within our body. However, just like in the principle of Isaac Newton’s third law of motion, “what goes up, must come down”....