 | | | Gabriela Mozee Photo provided | | | | | | When her contract expired with Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School as a part-time Spanish teacher three years ago, another world opened up to Gabriela Mozee. Traveling and translating for her beloved meditation practice, The Natural Path, known as 'Sahaj Marg' in Sanskrit, Mozee now translates for those who come from Latin America - including Central America and Spain - to India in order to delve deeply into the practice for a period of one month. During this month, participants from around the world are given in-depth experience, activities, lectures, field trips, and more, in the basics that The Natural Path practice requires daily: meditation, cleaning and prayer.
The participants, known in this program as 'scholars,' are selected by regional coordinators, who then ask an abhyasi to apply for the annual international scholarship program.
Gabriela has been practicing The Natural Path meditation since 2002 and has been to India seven times in the last five years, returning last January and February.
"I was fortunate to attend the International Scholars Awards Workshop Program [ISAW] 2014 as a Spanish translator and coordinator, thanks to Alberto Lafranchi and Dolly Nicolai - two longtime French abhyasis (those who practice The Natural Path meditation) who now live in Chennai, India, our headquarters," says Mozee. "They have been organizing this annual program, together with our Spiritual Guide, Rev. Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, for the past 12 years."
A translator helps with many of the coordinators' duties, attends daily 'staff' meetings, and is available not only to translate daily talks, meetings and activities during the formal program, but is usually available beyond regular hours to go on errands with those abhyasis under his/her care to help with communication in banks, stores, pharmacies, shopping, immigration offices if needed, Internet cafÇs and more. "It's usually a 14-plus hour day!" says Mozee.
Approximately 55 people from Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Morocco, South Africa, Ethiopia, Belgium, Vietnam, China, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Estonia, Turkey, Iran, Romania, Ukraine, and the Philippines participated in the recent intensive four-week program, including translators/coordinators from Great Britain, Ecuador and France.
Mozee now teaches free meditation locally under The Natural Path. "I will be happy to explain and teach you the daily practice and welcome you into our Sahaj Marg global family," she says.
If you are interested, visit www.sahajmarg.org or email Mozee at gcmozee@gmail.com.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA