Tough Mudder

A group of older youth wing members have decided to participate in Tough Mudder on the 25^th of September to raise money for both Swami’s charity and Great Ormond Street Hospital’s charity. Tough Mudder is a 12 mile mud obstacle course. This obstacle course will test our determination and our mental and physical strength with a range of activities. There will be more than 14 obstacles including swimming through a stretch ice, running through electric wires and climbing up a 15 foot pipeline.

Arctic Enema Obstacle

Rain Man Obstacle

This will involve a huge amount of physical training in the lead up to the event.  As well as a physical challenge, this will be a mental challenge and Swami has always stated to us all that with mental strength and self-belief we can accomplish anything that we want to. We aim to complete the course with this mentality.

Electroshock Therapy Obstacle

Mud Mile Obstacle

We will update the blog once we have completed the event.

Everest Obstacle

Birth Canal Obstacle

Blockness Monster Obstacle

Being vegetarian!

This is the journey of one of our youth member's becoming a vegetarian.

At the beginning of January 2016, I made a sudden decision to challenge myself to be a vegetarian. Being a meat-eater I knew I would find this challenge exceedingly difficult. However, being aware of the benefits to be a vegetarian encouraged my thought and was the basis of my sudden change in diet.

Week 1

This was definitely by far the hardest week, I was struggling with my choices of dishes at home and at school as there was limited availability of vegetarian dishes. Also, I found it tedious as I was extremely cautious about what I was consuming, but somehow I managed to remain vegetarian.

Week 2

This week was much better as being vegetarian turned out to be like my normal routine. This week I recognised some changes about me. First of all, it helped me with my revision, as my concentration span had increased and for the first time I actually stood by my revision timetable for that week, which was great!

Week 3

By this week eating vegetarian dishes were like second nature, but I still had to be very cautious on what I was eating. I noticed further changes about myself, but I wasn’t the only one, the people around me had identified changes about me too. Firstly, I recognised my urge for fitness had increased and my mind was more alert. I was a calmer and a more collected person and composed myself better than I ever did.

Overall, it was a challenging but rewarding experience. It was surprised by how much my diet influenced my mindset and how soon I become accustomed to being a vegetarian. I would definitely recommend being a vegetarian for a few days a week, even if it difficult to be a complete vegetarian. 

A quote from Swami