A lot of interesting concepts in this video. If you pull a bent breath through the second hole of a harmonica tuned to the key of Georgia while a train moves by on the tail end of dusk there is a good chance you will finally know what it means to rest.
Gabriel Axel has an interesting interpretation of asana practice. I really enjoyed it. The practice of yoga often invokes a sense of wonderment in who we feel ourselves to be. It is often commenced with a certain sense of who one is in that moment right before the practice. As we make our way through […]
Lucid Practice Quarterly Transparency Income Report October~December 2013 2013 has come and gone and Lucid Practice has made awesome strides. We started with an idea back in April of 2013 — we had been inspired for years by different websites and social media handles/users and we knew we could add even more positive energy to […]
~ The Dalai Lama
Lamu Island is a part of the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya. Lamu Old Town, the principal inhabited part of the island, is one of the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlements in East Africa. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber, the town is characterized by the simplicity of structural forms enriched by such features as inner courtyards, verandas, and elaborately carved […]
‘the color inside’ is the eighty-fourth skyspace created by james turrell, a series which sees the renowned american artist using light and space as the mediums in experiential and continuously changing artworks. the new installation situated on the roof of the student activity center at the university of texas at austin — the latest project fromlandmarks — invites the […]
Originally published on the yoga blog. Matthieu Ricard has been a Buddhist monk for some 40 years since he left his life as a molecular geneticist in the 1960′s. He left it all behind to live a life of renunciation in the Himalayas. It was during this time, he says, that he learned how to be […]
Tapas is a practice of balanced austerity, sacrifice, discipline. Tapas means “heat” or “fire.” Go through the heat and accept it – invite it in. The fire brings transformation. If you are not in stillness, you are craving or having aversion. Transformation happens through the fire – burn off some layers and emerge as something new – […]
Some very solid points by Mr. McKenna. To be aware of the constant programming is a form of positive energy. Hat tip to Trigs for the link!
I beg of you, my Lord, to remove anything which separates me from you, and you from me. Remove anything that makes me unworthy of your sight, your control, your reprehension; of your speech and conversation, of your benevolence and love. Cast from me every evil that stands in the way of my seeing you, […]
~ Anatole France
Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia, the administrative seat of Vojvodina, and the administrative center of the South Bačka District. According to the 2011 census, the city has a population of 231,798, while the urban area of Novi Sad (with adjacent urban settlements of Petrovaradin, Sremska Kamenica, and Futog included) has 277,522 inhabitants, and the population of the metropolitan area (the administrative area […]
Via Reddit and My Modern Net Walk into the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco from now till the end of February and you’ll find a gorgeous art installation that features 20 miles of ribbon cascading from the church’s vaulted ceiling arches. Artist Anne Patterson is behind Graced With Light, an installation consisting of nearly 1,000 satin […]
It’s the ONLY thing worth doing. Radically simple. Radically effective. Practicing compassion or in other words living by the golden rule does more than heal others it heals our own heart when we practice it. As the well known author on religious thought, Karen Armstrong states after decades of research and study it seems to […]
Walter Issacson did a great job with the Steve Jobs autobiography. Both Paz and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. We intend to read his classic books on Einstein and Benjamin Franklin at some point. Interestingly enough, it seems that he is modifying his writing strategy. Via Bloomberg: Several weeks ago, Walter Isaacson, the author of the biography Steve […]
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Yogavibes put together this interview with one of the faces of Ashtanga, Kino Macgregor. Q. Why Ashtanga Yoga? What makes this method of yoga so meaningful or transformational for you? A. Yoga has the power to transform your whole life. It is a lifelong journey into the inner space of the higher self within each […]
Cheers to this middle school football team. Lets continue to help people who may not be able to help themselves.
Via Imgur Buda Castle is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, and was first completed in 1265. In the past, it has been called Royal Palace and Royal Castle. Buda Castle was built on the southern tip of Castle Hill, bounded on the north by what is known as the Castle District (Várnegyed), which is famous for its Medieval, Baroque, […]
“Meditation is listening to the Divine within.” ~ Edgar Cayce Several of my clients get stuck during their meditation practice and often give up because they have some sort of misconstrued notion of what meditation actually is. Perhaps it’s all the photos of people meditating looking so peaceful that throw them off. They themselves don’t feel […]
Authenticity. Did you know that the word “authentic” literally means to be your own author? Be you. Don’t pretend to be anything else. Via Entheos
TimeLAX travels across the sprawled city of Los Angeles, connecting some of the city’s most iconic landmarks – Disney Concert Hall, the Griffith Observatory and John Ferraro Building – with over 200 locations that reveal the true essence of the city’s fabric.
Could B.K.S. Iyengar win the Nobel Peace Prize? He should, says a novelist and correspondent for Bloomberg’s World View in New Delhi as well as the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States who have initiated a worldwide effort to nominate him. But what does yoga have to do with peace, anyway? According to Chandrahas Choudhury, who […]
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Via Athleta Oh, chaturanga dandasana. We’ve had a long and complicated relationship. I remember my first few yoga classes way back when, and how it was unclear to me that people were not in fact lowering themselves all the way to the floor. They were – gasp – hovering! And when I first tried you, […]
General Mills Agrees to Remove GMOs from Original Cheerios Amid pressure from consumers, General Miss has agreed to discontinue the use of Genetically Modified Organisms within their flagship cereal, Original Cheerios. General Mills had already made this change in Europe and other parts of the world but resisted in the US, spending over $1mm USD […]
~Buddha
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Tim Goessling writes a cool piece for The Good Men Project describing a day adhering to Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule. I’d like to try this practice and see how much more I can get out of a day. Click to learn more on Benjamin Franklin’s daily practices.
People can do some really awesome things. Sometimes these things are caught on film. Here’s the proof. Hakuna Matata
“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 […]
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, 1508-1512
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 […]
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