Finding My Way Back to Ladakh-and to Myself
By Lim Jin Young
May 2025 FEATURE
THE SUN WAS scorching hot, yet the breeze felt cool and comforting. The land below lay parched and yellow. One step at a time, one breath at a time, we followed the trails of Grandpa Norbu, a Ladakhi elder, who led us toward a hidden high pasture land in the Ladakh range. “Breathe in long and full,” I reminded myself. My heart drummed, and my lungs gasped for more oxygen. I paused, took a mouthful of water, and gazed into...
Lim Jin Young
from Penang, is the author of The Dao of Flow: A Journey to Discover the Ancient Wisdom of Water,
a book that integrates stories and experiences in
Daoism, Zen, tea culture, agriculture, conservation, art, history, geography, international politics and social economics.
