This Too Shall Pass

“Everything passes, everything.” ~ Anthony de Mello from Awareness Ah, impermanence. Everything passes. Reminds me of Abraham Lincoln and my Vipassana meditation teacher, S.N. Goenka. First, Goenka: One of the key ideas during my 10-day silent Vipassana meditation experience was the idea of Anicca—a Pali word that means “impermanence.” Life is change and we suffer when we […]

Athletes and Yoga: NFL Player Raves About His Offseason Yoga Routine

From NBC Sports: Colts tight end Dwayne Allen is expected to have a big role in the offense this season, and he says yoga will keep him healthy through the wear and tear of 16 games. Allen said he did yoga almost every day, all offseason long, and he feels the difference in his flexibility. “Man, a […]

David Foster Wallace – Enslavement and Lucid Thoughts

“That feeling of having to obey every impulse and gratify every desire seems to me to be a strange kind of slavery. Nobody talks about it as such, though.”   If you’re familiar with his work, you know that David Foster Wallace was exceptionally and almost painfully aware of the finer details of both himself […]

Guided Meditation with Eckhart Tolle