Letting Go With Grace at Greece’s Longest Sandy Beach: Gauranga Breaths, Simple Finances, and Soft Waves

Namaste, dear ones. We’re writing with salt on our toes and a soft smile in our chests, from a sky-wide strip of sand where the wind carries prayers and laughter with equal ease. Today’s share is part beach-day satsang, part road diary, part tiny guide to letting things go so the heart feels a little lighter. Three long Gauranga breaths, a few practical trims to daily life, a reminder to give more than we take, and a travel note as we roll toward Patras, ferry tickets in hand, Venice on the horizon.

A Long Beach, a Long Breath

We found ourselves on the kind of beach that just keeps going, a sandy ribbon that looks like it might wrap around the world if it felt like it. Locals call it the longest, and yes, it really feels that way. If you’re curious about the landscape, take a peek at Monolithi on the west coast of Greece, which is often cited for its incredible stretch of sand. It carries a quiet hum that invites you to slow down and listen, even if you didn’t plan to, even if you said you were in a rush five minutes ago. On beaches like Monolithi, the breath starts to lead the way.

We like to start simple: three Gauranga breaths. Think of it as sound polishing the inside of your ears and your day at the same time. It clears the cobwebs gently, like a kind friend who opens a window and lets the light in.

• Sit or stand with ease.
• Inhale slowly.
• As you exhale, sing “Gauranga,” long and sweet.
• Do it three times. Smile a little if you can.

That’s all. Anytime, anywhere, even whispered in a friend’s ear, playful and pure.

A Quick Bow and a Small Apology

We said we’d share daily, and then the road started speaking louder, so we missed a couple of days. Thank you for your patience. We are learning the rhythm of “on the move” and “on the daily” at the same time. It’s a dance. It is a bit messy, and we are grateful you’re here anyway.

The Road Ahead: Greece to Italy

We’ve packed our little home-on-wheels again after six sweet weeks in a place that held us kindly. You know the feeling when you close a door and it still feels warm in your palm? That. We rolled north toward the port of Patras, eyes on the ferry, hearts set on Venice. Greece behind us, Italy ahead, and today’s beach in between, like a blessing offered by the sea.

The Soft Art of Letting Things Go

Along the way we looked at our stuff. Physical things first, then the invisible ones. We gathered, sorted, thanked, and let go. Some items were sold, some were given, some were passed along to new homes. A few things couldn’t be saved, and they went to the landfill. Not our favorite, but honest and careful where possible. Reuse if you can. Repurpose if you can. When you can’t, at least let it be a clear choice.

Letting go is not about punishment or scarcity. It is about room. A lighter backpack gives you new steps. A lighter cupboard gives you new meals. A lighter inbox gives you new thoughts. And, yes, as years move along, the body likes a lighter load too.

• Keep the essentials that support your purpose.
• Release duplicates and “just in case” items that don’t serve you now.
• Bless what you give. Bless what you keep.
• Notice the relief that follows, not the loss.

We say it to each other often, a little mantra with a grin: less stuff, more soul.

Trim the Quiet Leaks: Bank Fees, Subscriptions, and Tiny Drips

There’s a gentle power in small optimizations. Not a harsh audit. More like tidying up a linen shelf. Here’s what helped us while parked near the dunes, doing life admin with sandy feet.

• Bank accounts: We realized we had too many, and some were nibbling at us, seven euros here, seven there, each month. That adds up for no good reason. We closed extras and kept accounts with no monthly fees and fair terms. Some accounts even pay daily interest. Quiet money hygiene makes room for satsang and seaside walks.
• Subscriptions: We canceled what we weren’t using. Entertainment, apps, trials we forgot about, the sneaky ones. If it doesn’t serve your current season, let it go.
• Food and pace: As the body changes, appetite shifts too. Smaller, simpler, kinder. Not rigid. Just tuned in.

A note from the CFO of our two-person caravan, said with love and a hint of mischief: small fees are like sand in your shoes. Shake them out so you can run.

Create More, Consume Less

An interesting thing happens when you start making more, whether it’s a song, a chant circle, a jar of honey, a short film, a beach-day blessing, or a handmade loaf. You use less. You crave less. You find joy in giving away what your hands made. The day fills up, not from what you took in, but from what you poured out.

Try this for a week:

• Make one thing each day. Something small is perfect.
• Offer it to someone, or to the ocean, or to your altar.
• Notice how it feels in your body. Softer? Clearer? Brighter?

The heart loves to give. And, yes, receive with grace too. That is its own practice. Let compliments land. Let a meal arrive without guilt. Let help be a blessing you say yes to.

Time for Practice: Meditation, Kirtan, Gentle Walks

When you clear the extras, you get time back. Suddenly there’s space for what actually feeds you. For us, that looks like:

• Quiet sits, often with a mantra tucked inside the breath.
• Kirtan with friends or just the two of us in a parking lot, windows cracked, moon rising.
• Long walks on empty beaches in the off season, with gulls for company and the sound of the holy names rolling through the wind.

We remind each other, sometimes out loud, sometimes with eyes only: we’re not the body or the mind. We are the eternal living entity, a spark that belongs. That sounds big, but it lands softly when you’re standing in salt water with cuffs already wet from a surprise wave. It’s the perfect teacher, that little splash, washing only the part of your pants that needed washing anyway.

A Tiny Gauranga How-To You Can Do Right Now

If you want to join us, even once, right where you are:

1. Sit with your feet on the ground. Feel the floor hold you.
2. Inhale deeply through the nose, long and easy.
3. Exhale with “Gauranga,” letting the syllables stretch and ride the breath.
4. Do it three times. Put your hand on your heart for the last one.

That’s it. Simple, portable, kind.

If chanting calls to you, keep the holy names close. A few gentle repetitions during a walk, or while waiting in line, can reset a whole afternoon. Let it be natural. Let it be yours.

Simultaneous Oneness and Distinction

We like this phrase that sits between poetry and philosophy: achintya bheda abheda, the mystery of being one and different at the same time. You are you, always. I am me, always. Yet there is this oneness, a tender thread tying it all together. Families feel it. Friends feel it. Beaches hum with it. A shared breath brings it forward, a little more in reach.

Travel Notes, Camper Vans, and a Few Laughs

We spotted colorful vans peeking out from the dunes, little moving temples with kettles and prayer flags inside. People, and also not-people, if you know what we mean. A place buzzing with life, even if there are only a few humans in sight. We walked, chanted, filmed, and then the sea did what the sea does. It stepped forward and said hello to our ankles. We laughed. You probably would have laughed too.

Soon we’ll board the ferry at Patras and land in Venice with coffee dreams and candle plans. We’ll keep sharing from the road, learning what daily means when the horizon moves.

Give More Each Day, Receive With Grace

If there’s one practice to pocket today, let it be this: give a little more than you take. A kind word. A chant. A meal shared. A bill paid on time. A quiet apology when needed. And when goodness knocks on your door, open it. Receive without shrinking. Let the exchange be clean.

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Try This Gentle Reset This Week

• Clean out one drawer and cancel one unused subscription.
• Close a fee-heavy account or plan a switch to a no-fee option.
• Walk in nature, even for five minutes. Touch a tree, or a railing if that’s what you have.
• Chant three long Gaurangas in the evening.
• Offer one thing you made to someone else.

Small steps, big sky.

Closing Blessing

Thank you for tuning in, turning on, and dropping in. Peace be with you and upon you. May your day be full of simple gifts, soft laughter, and the holy names close by. Gauranga, Gauranga. Haribol, dear hearts. See you on the sand, or on the ferry, or in the quiet corner of your next breath.

And when the wave comes, let it come. It might wash the exact part of your life that needed washing anyway.

mariakerwin

As a former serial entrepreneur, she turned from a workaholic in the business world to freedom and creativity, living now as a writer, creator and world traveller. Since an early age Maria is close to death and what exists beyond, courageously exploring the dimensions of existence. A Kundalini Awakening guided her into the abyss of fully surrendering to the life force itself, crushing all known aspects of her old life. Finally, it led her to her purpose of bridging both worlds, connecting to what goes beyond the ordinary.

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