Goa transformation: from a business visa to living in a cave with two children (4 photos + 1 video)

When Indian monks say "I'll go to a cave to meditate," it's a metaphor. When a girl with two children does the same, it's extreme spirituality.





Karnataka police, while surveying the hills after a landslide, came across a suspicious "dryer" at the entrance to a cave - children's things were hanging on a rope, like flags of a spiritual retreat. Inside, a surprise awaited them: Nina (aka "Mohi" - "magic" in Hindi, although there was little magic in this story), her two preschool-aged daughters (6 and 4 years old), and an idol of Rudra, who, apparently, played the role of a nanny.



The local cops initially thought they had found more hippie extremists, but quickly realized the scale of what was happening. The special flavor was added by the fact that while the mother was meditating, the children were probably studying the local fauna in practice - in the best traditions of "Mowgli".

The woman explained to the police that she was in the cave because she was inclined to spiritual practices and liked to meditate in the forest.





Nina's story began eight years ago. She came to India on a business visa (although her real "business" was obviously the search for enlightenment). Having settled first in Gokarna, a Mecca for spiritual seekers of all stripes, where every second foreigner is already "enlightened", our heroine went further than most.

While others are content with yoga on the beach and Ayurvedic massage, Nina, having acquired two daughters, decided to arrange for herself and her children an extreme retreat in the style of "survival in the wild plus spiritual practices".