Where in the World is Don Gamble?

From: peter stock
Length: 21:42

In the late 1990s, crack environmental consultant Don Gamble checked out of his comfortable east coast professional life...and disappeared. Ten years later, he resurfaced, as Swami Sivananda. Read the full description.

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"Haven't you ever just wanted to chuck it all in, and escape a daily routine that you felt was wearing you down? Just sell the house, the car, give up the electronic gadgetry, the monthly bills, the commute...

We all have. But few of us have the courage to just do it.

Top environmental consultant Don Gamble did find the courage to do just that back in the early 1990s.

Feeling disillusioned with the international environmental impact assessments he was working on, he bailed out, gave it all up, rediscovered yoga and meditation and found... peace."

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"Haven't you ever just wanted to chuck it all in, and escape a daily routine that you felt was wearing you down? Just sell the house, the car, give up the electronic gadgetry, the monthly bills, the commute...

We all have. But few of us have the courage to just do it.

Top environmental consultant Don Gamble did find the courage to do just that back in the early 1990s.

Feeling disillusioned with the international environmental impact assessments he was working on, he bailed out, gave it all up, rediscovered yoga and meditation and found... peace."