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Teach For America Intern Brings Down The House with This Amazing Speech

8/21 Destination: Miami, Florida, USA

8/21 Art: Aerial view of Singapore drawn from Stephen Wiltshire’s memory

Sports and Yoga: Seattle Seahawks Mind-Body Training

From Alyssa Roenigk’s and ESPN The Magazine: “IT’S DIFFERENT HERE,” Pete Carroll says. “Have you noticed?” It’s hard not to. At 9 a.m. on the first Sunday of training camp in Renton, Wash., high-performance sports psychologist Mike Gervais, dressed in a navy Seahawks hoodie and white baseball cap and flashing more enthusiasm than is rational at […]

The Yamas: What is Brahmacharya? What is it to you?

What is Brahmacharya? In recent posts, we’ve discussed many Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga, but what is Brahmacharya? The Yamas are the first limb on yoga’s eight-limbed path. They are ethical disciplines Yogis live their lives by. In the last few weeks we have wrote about the four other Yamas: ahimsa, satya, asteya, and aparigraha. Today […]

Why Did Picasso Prosper?

Ian Leslie suggests that Pablo Picasso’s success with Cubism was hardly inevitable, but rather the product of circumstance: First, there was a new kind of consumer: the industrial revolution had created a class of young, educated, affluent Parisians, who, keen to distinguish themselves from their more conventional elders, prided themselves on daring displays of taste. Second, new […]

8/21 Quote: “A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.” ~Latin Proverb

One Love: When One Door Closes…

It’s true what they say about doors. How when one door closes another one opens. And not just one door but many. Except my story isn’t isn’t exactly about doors, it is about people. Actually, it isn’t’ t about people either. It is actually about Love. We humans are like doors. We contract and close, […]

8/20 Quote: Pattabhi Jois

“Do your practice and all is coming.” ~Pattabhi Jois

8/20 Art: Claude Monet

The Grand Canal in Venice, Claude Monet, 1908  

Daily Cup of Yoga: A Few Tips on How to Create a Relaxing Home Meditation Space

Start with: A small corner or space, even if you need to convert it to other use during the day A set of comfortable cushions or a cozy chair A way of dividing that area from the rest of the house, even if it’s for a short period of time A little creativity and an […]

Create Your Own Reality

TDL: DO YOU KNOW HOW TO REST?

“Music is the silence between the notes.” ~ Claude Debussy Hello friends, I hope you’re having a beautiful weekend. I’ve been back home in Toronto for the last two weeks for a little rest and quality time with family before I head out again for an exciting and action-packed few months of living the dream. I’ve […]

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? from TEDTalks on Vimeo.

8/19 Destination: A Church in Norway

8/19 Art: L.S. Lowry

Flowers in a Window, L.S. Lowry, 1956  

OCD (A love poem)

10 Powerful Quotes From The Steve Jobs Movie And What They Teach Us About Leadership

1. I’m not dismissing the value of higher education; I’m simply saying it comes at the expense of experience. 2. The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we’ve got to risk it too. 3. How does somebody know what they want if they haven’t even […]

Kino: Top 10 Yoga Postures for Strength

Yoga is more than just stretching and relaxation. Daily yoga practice includes a comprehensive system that builds strength in the body and mind. My journey in yoga has been from weakness to strength in every sense possible. There are some key postures that helped me access the deep reservoir of inner fortitude that every person […]

8/19 Quote: Kurt Vonnegut

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow.” ~Kurt Vonnegut

What the Prisoner’s Dilemma Taught Me

I’m more actively engaged in learning more now than I ever was in college but there are college intellectual experiences that I often reflect on. Learning about psychologist Robert Alexrod’s 1984 experiment, The Prisoner’s Dilemma is one of those. This experiment taught me about decision making and the role that emotions play. It taught me about […]

8/16 Destination: Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland

8/16 Art: Two Fires – Short Documentary & Artist Profile

Two Fires – Short Documentary & Artist Profile from Pigeonhole Films on Vimeo.

Entheos: Necessities for Comfort & Happiness

“But Joseph Hume was not a man to enjoy the fruits of his industry in idleness. Work and occupation had become necessary for his comfort and happiness.” ~ Samuel Smiles from Self-Help I just love this: “Work and occupation had become necessary for his comfort and happiness.” For some wacky reason we seem to have this idea that […]

This night sky video will make you want to go camping tonight

Nightly Wonder from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo.

Google Treks

Google does it again. They have come out with another cool spin off site – Google Treks. Check it out — here. We had post previously about Google Trekker, the device being used for these fantastic angles and shots of places and cities around the globe. It seems as if Google Treks is a platform that […]

Watch This: Alan Watts- What do you desire?!?

Mountain Pose and Meditation for Beginners

Mountain Pose and Meditation for Beginners Mountain pose is great for meditation for beginngers. Mountain pose, one of my “go+to” meditations, is a standing barefoot yoga pose. It is also known as Tadasana in the Sanskrit language. I love this meditation because it’s great for beginners and advanced meditators. It’s accessible every day. How/Why Mountain Pose works […]

8/15 Destination: Rodanthe, North Carolina, USA

8/15 Art: No Woman, No Cry Cover by Morning Sun and the Essentials

Is Your Home Keeping You Healthy? ‘WELL’ Will Soon Tell You

I have been working with a company that works with a firm called DELOS over the last few weeks. DELOS is an awesome company that is being led by Dr. Deepak Chopra, among others. I love the idea of the company – helping people understand and effectively place wellness elements into their lifestyle. Whether its […]

Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

One of our readers sent us a message saying,“Reading Steve Jobs’ commencement speech is a very lucid practice. Even if you’ve done it before like I’m sure both of you might have.” Click to read (not watch) the transcript of Steve Jobs’ epic Stanford commencement speech. We encourage you to read the transcript but if you […]

The Importance of Being Yourself

One of the themes on Lucid Practice has been how imperative it is to truly be yourself. When one wholeheartedly (with your WHOLE heart) accepts oneself, a world of peace and happiness opens up to them. Check out 10 choices one can make to help lead an authentic and blessed life — Here. “One decision can […]

4 Things You Can Do to Save the Bee Population and Why it Matters

How and Why We Should Save the Bee Population Without bees, our society would be completely different. An astounding 71% of the hundred crops that provide nine-tenths of the world’s food are pollinated by bees. Bees enable plants to bear fruits and vegetables. Without bees, some fruits and veggies would not be accessible, and we wouldn’t be able […]

40 Maps that Will Help you Make Sense of the World

  The “upside down map” since “north” is arbitrary. For more great maps, see — here. Truly amasing (with an “s”). Thanks to Twisted Sifter for the link.

8/14 Destination: Tokyo, Japan

8/14 Art: Great Buddha of Kamakura

“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines on you”

Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?

8/14 Quote: R. Sharath Jois

“In this modern world, everything is instant. No one has patience. Everyone wants to have [everything] as soon as possible. In yoga also it has become like that. Many places you go, they certify you in 15 days, one month. Always someone who’s coming to India, they think, “Oh, I’ll be here for one month, […]