SRI CHINMOY

(1931 - 2007)

This site started out as my running blog 20 years ago, but as time has gone on its expanded to include triathlon, cycling, trekking, kayaking and whatever else I try my hand at. The common thread is "Self-Transcendence", a term popularised by Sri Chinmoy, who has been my spiritual teacher since 1993. Best known as a meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy was a decathlete in his youth and later an endurance athlete and record-breaking weightlifter. He encouraged his students to make exercise and endurance sport a part of their yoga. He once said "Each step forward has a sacred meaning of its own", and that's how this site acquired it's name.

Recent esperiences include....Back on April 12th 2023 in New York I had an unforgettable experience in the Sri Chinmoy 7 Hour Walk event, then in June my 55th birthday was marked by a 55k hill run, my first "ultra run" for a long while. For the sixtieth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's arrival in the West, I've just completed sixty climbs ready for the anniversary date on April 13th 2024 and I have just completed my first Ultramarathon Event for many years (Dartmoor Winter Traverse)....Garga Roger Chamberlain