What to pack backpacking through Central and South America Brian and I left for Costa Rica last week! We had been talking about it and saving our money for a year, and now have finally begun our open-ended month trek across Central and South America. For weeks I was planning what to pack, making lists, […]
~ Alan Watts
For those of us stuck in this Polar Vortex, the winter can be quite frustrating at times. However, it can allow for incredible beauty, which Jamie Stuart shows us in his short documentary, “Man in a Blizzard,” during the Blizzard of 2010. Enjoy and stay warm! Hakuna Matata
Learning about the world of Reggae music is always an uplifting experience, and today I was lucky enough to come upon the late Joseph Hill and his group Culture. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Hakuna Matata
I really enjoyed today’s Gospel reading. As I am “plugged in” a lot these days, this hit home. It is a mere call to be present and mindful of our immediate surroundings. Today’s Gospel reading from MK 3:31-35 Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A […]
Heather Hansen is a New Orleans-based artist who really puts herself into her work. In her project, “Emptied Gestures,” she creates something like you’ve never seen before. Via Distractify Source: Spencer Hansen Source: David Seelig
~ Maya Angelou
Had a blast running and practicing on Golfito Bay the other day. Look forward to sharing more about the Osa Peninsula soon!
Jerry has been practicing transcendental meditation for 41 years. Here are his insights. Enjoy and leave a comment below.
H/T FYY
Photograph by Danielle Lussier of Lucid Practice.
~ Anna Quindlen
Photograph by Danielle Lussier of Lucid Practice.
In this short video, Danners of Lucid Practice reveals her pottery process. Using several vantage points and no words, Danners briefly takes us into her world of pottery. Sometimes we take for granted the amazing pieces that are made from a slab of clay. Enjoy this video and leave a comment or question about the […]
Yoga Blogger Interview: Tonya of Ultima Healing Today is second week of our 8 week interview series where we’ll present interviews of 8 influential yoga bloggers. We ask 8 engaging questions and we release an interview every Saturday at 8am US EST. For our second interview, we were pleased to interview Tonya of Ultima Healing. We connected […]
A cool vibe for this wintry weather.
~ Socrates
With at least 18 grams per serving, these meals prove vegetarians can have their protein and eat it too. Click to check out these vegetarian meals packed with protein.
Derrick Coleman, who was discussed earlier here on LP, is a deaf fullback for the Super Bowl bound Seattle Seahawks. It is no surprise that he has inspired countless people around the country with his story, but read here to see how he responded to a young fan’s letter. It brought a huge smile to […]
Carrying a Woman, A Short Zen Story Two monks were returning to the monastery in the evening. It had rained and there were puddles of water on the road sides. There was a beautiful young woman standing there, unable to walk accross because a large puddle of water. The elder of the two monks went […]
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
In April 2011 one of my best friends, Owen Thomas, committed suicide. I miss him more than words can describe. Earlier this week I heard another case of a Penn athlete taking her life.
“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil,” Bill Gates wrote this summer. That’s quite an endorsement—and it gave a jolt of fame to Smil, a professor emeritus of environment and geography at the University of Manitoba. In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing […]
The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future. Mindfulness helps us […]
~ Sonya Parker
Juba is the capital and largest city of the Republic of South Sudan. It also serves as the capital of Central Equatoria, one of the ten states of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and functions as the seat and metropolis of Juba County. (Wiki)
Check out Sightsmap.com Sightsmap is a sightseeing popularity heatmap overlayed on Google Maps, based on crowdsourcing: the number of Panoramio photos taken at each place in the world. The goal of the site is to find and explore places interesting for tourism and sightseeing. The most popular places are shown on the map with an appropriate crowd-sourced name, attached links, […]
The hand might look like an X-ray from the doctor’s office, but it is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft has imaged the structure in high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue. Lower-energy X-ray light previously detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in […]
~George Santayana
http://www.localharvest.org/ “The best organic food is what’s grown closest to you. Use local harvest’s website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.”
Via Reddit
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/06/india-fact-of-the-day-3.html “One statistic above all explains the excitement India kindles: just 18 people in every 1,000 own a car. In China the figure is 58, according to the World Bank, while in most European countries it is more than 500. “India’s level of car ownership per capita is even lower than in Sudan, or Afghanistan,” […]