I’ve participated in Yoga Stops Traffick in one way or another for four years now. This year was the first Minneapolis event, and we raised a little over $200 for…
Oh, this effing pose. (Side note: did you know that “eff” is a valid Scrabble word, and it doesn’t mean the sixth letter of the alphabet? I’m using it more…
Tis the season to reflect back on the year. 2012 was rather amazeballs, to use a word that everyone loves and is not at all annoying. January started off with…
I’m still thinking about Connecticut, as many of us are. Christana Wille McKnight, an old friend of mine who is now a minister at First Parish Church in Taunton, MA,…
It’s that time again. That time when I get all judgmental and can’t believe that (hopefully less than) half of this country wants to see social policy go back fifty…
Minnesota is so much farther north than anywhere else I’ve lived, which means not only that the winters are that much colder, but also that the sunrise/sunset times change that…
I just wanted to share a few articles (and one video) about Mysore (and Mysore-style practice) that I’ve come across in the last week or so. Enjoy! David Garrigues on…
I recently finished reading Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God, a retelling of the Ramayana while the author, Jonah Blank, follows Rama’s journey through India and Sri Lanka. (Highly recommended.) Blank…
Kino MacGregor talks about how Ashtanga brings us from impossibility to possibility to ease. That idea has stuck with me through years of practice, because I’ve seen it happen again…
This past weekend I traveled 70 miles in search of pie. My sister had heard about this amazing little pie place in Stockholm WI, a town with a population of…
“It is beautiful,” Soraya replied, “if beauty is what you’re looking for. Down there you’ll find rare alligators and giant woodpeckers and scented cypress trees and carnivorous window plants. But…
I recently read a book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. A fascinating read, if you’re into things like that.…
“You have to laugh at yourself, because you’d cry your eyes out if you didn’t.” -Indigo Girls I’ve been in Mysore for about seven weeks now. By this time in…
In Sunday’s conference, Sharath spoke about the Indian forest. When you go to the forest, you experience a state of yoga immediately, no asana required. He told us we should…
On Saturday, I went with a few friends to see Baylakuppe, a Tibetan settlement town with a Buddhist monastery, and afterwards to an elephant preserve. Notable: feeling like a tourist…
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