OTHER POSTS
Why meditate?
Why meditate? When you sit still and watch your thoughts rise and fall, without commenting, without criticizing or editing, gradually your mind, which before was a no-fly zone, becomes your inner neighborhood, a place you like to visit, a clean, well-lit garden, free of fear and tension. Via Dharma Forest
Kino MacGregor’s Notes from Sharath Jois Lecture
If you’re an aspiring ashtanga yoga practitioner, Kino MacGregor’s website is a great place to learn. Here’s a link to her notes from a recent Sharath Jois lecture in Mysore, India. Sharath is one of the most respected ashtanga yoga gurus alive today. He is the grandson of the great Pattabhi Jois, the Father of […]
Q&A on Today’s Chinese Moon Festival with Our Friend from Hangzhou
Today is one of China’s most important and widely celebrated holidays: Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival. Families gather once darkness falls and sit together, looking at the moon and eating mooncakes with tea. They give thanks for the Fall harvest and for each other. Mooncakes are small in area but they’re rich […]
Emotionally Durable Design
This isn’t a debate on global warming, instead it is a discussion about creating products that lead to more conscious, connected consumers. “During the past 60 years, humans have stripped the world of a quarter of its topsoil and a third of its forest cover. In total, one third of the planet’s resources have been […]