Travelling 19 countries in seven years I am now on a journey of assisting people in their meditation, prayer, and spiritual life. The focus is to build a meditation and retreat centre and unite like-minded individuals to help empower the world for change...a focus of love, compassion, and sustainable existence in the every changing world. .... I learned how to make malas in Bodhgaya, India (the place where Buddha obtained enlightenment). My teachers grandfather was the first mala maker in Bodhgaya! It is an honour to bring this craft to the west...I look forward to serving the practitioners of the West and continue to return to India and advance my learning in this ancient craft. Money from the sale of malas goes to sustaining my life in the West, as well as travelling in the winter months, and sending money to friends overseas that I have hired as buyers. Now with a business partnership and a storefront in Bodhgaya, I will return in the winter of 2007 and work alongside my partner to rebuild the shop and create an environment that caters to the Western pilgrim.