Lucid Practice

10/1 Destination: Gaiola Bridge, Naples, Italy

10/1 Art: Mountain Climbing Photos

Huffington Post has a great set of dynamic mountain climbing pictures — here.  

Jonathan Carroll on Dogs

“Dogs are minor angels, and I don’t mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy, etcetera. If we attributed some of those qualities to a person we would say they are special. If they had all of them, we would call them […]

Crossing the Atlantic in a One-Person Boat: The Story of John Fairfax

This story from 1969 is crazy. John Fairfax decided to paddle across the Atlantic Ocean in a trip that took 180 days. Most people picturing a solo row across the Atlantic think of loneliness as the most daunting obstacles to overcome. But John was estranged from that emotion. He’d always been happy alone, and he […]

The Age of Revolution: 10 Lessons for Leaders of the Change Generation

7) Let Love Fuel Everything That You Do To experience Love you must be Love. Let love be the primary force behind everything that you do and you will find out what it feels like to truly live.  Once you experience true love, it can never leave you despite changes in external circumstances. If you […]

Tuesdays With Timji: The Monday Night Class

We profiled a Tim Miller Lecture video two weeks ago. Today,  I wanted to highlight Tim’s weekly blog post, Tuesdays with Timji. I thought that it was a real post, and to see that Tim Miller, a yoga teacher who knows a lot more than a lot of us about the practice, even struggles to get people to […]

The Five Koshas Explained: How They Impact our Yoga Practice

Kara Leigh-Grant explains how The Five Koshas Impact our yoga practice — here. The yogis define our body as having five layers or sheaths, each one contained within the other, like Russian Dolls. Called Koshas, these sheaths cover every aspect of our being, from the most gross to the most subtle. Kosha #1 is Annamaya […]

Malcolm Gladwell: The unheard story of David and Goliath

10/1 Quote: The greatest step toward a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. ~Steve Maraboli

9/30 Destination: Paris, France

Whil, a 60 second meditation program.

Burnt out from today’s constantly-connected world? Whil encourages us to take 60 seconds out of our busy lives to meditate. It’s amazing what this discipline can do to help relieve stress and improve mental focus. Try it, you’ll like it. Check out the video — here.

9/30 Art: Amazing Vimeo Video: Unique French Potter’s Inspiration & Lifestyle

Jean-Nicolas Gérard – The Potter’s Potter from goldmarkart.com on Vimeo.

Lucid Lessons from Summer Basketball Part II

This is a continuation of last week’s post, if you haven’t read it yet, you can see it here. The Nats were different than most teams.  When things got tough for the team, they didn’t get down on each other or themselves.  The Nats encouraged each other and their positive energy was infectious. As a result, […]

10 Choices You will Regret in 10 Years

Broccolicity brings us ten awesome choices to keep us happy. I personally like #2 and #9 as guidelines to help myself live a more lucid life. 2. Letting someone else create your dreams for you. The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are; the second greatest is being happy with what you find. A […]

9/30 Quote: “When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” – Dalai Lama

New Sharath Video: Proper Vinyasa for Uttakatasana & Veerabhadrasana

New Sharath Video: Proper Vinyasa for Uttakatasana & Veerabhadrasana Sharath Jois, grandson of the late Pattabhi Jois (the Father of Ashtanga Yoga) demonstartes proper form for Uttakatasana & Veerabhadrasana. Hope you can incorporate this into your practice.

The Most Important Image Captured by Hubble

The video posted here is one of the most fascinating, and mind-blowing, found on the internet. The vastness of space is always so amazing to try to fathom.   Hakuna Matata

9/29 Quote: The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be. ~Shakti Gawain

How to Store Your Superfoods for Freshness

Originally Posted on Mind Body Green Superfoods are becoming commonplace in kitchens across the world. Now that we all know what they are and why we should eat them, it’s time to learn how to store them properly. My absolute favorite way to store any kind of superfood, specifically nuts and seeds, is in a glass […]

SARDOGS NEPAL

We connected with SARDOGS Nepal on twitter and think the work they are doing is awesome. Here is their mission statement and some work accomplished: More than 70 % of our Nepalese people live from farming, fishing and day labor jobs. Many are spending their entire lives in remote area villages. When in these communities […]

First Honest Marijuana PSA

Andrew Sullivan posted this earlier this week. The war on drugs in America is an interesting topic to say the least.    

What is Iyengar Yoga?

DoYouYoga is killin’ it right now. If you do not read it, I highly suggest it. We continue to post and learn a lot from that site. What is the purpose of Iyengar Yoga? The purpose of Iyengar Yoga is to increase health. It is strictly alignment-based and instructors focus on getting the pose just right. Iyengar is […]

9/28 Quote: Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

9/27 Travel: Lake Baikal, Russia

9/27 Art: Minimalist “Stacks”

Check out more of Donald Judd’s  “Minimalist Stacks” — here.  

Tips on How to “Jump Through” in Yoga

Patagonia’s ‘Buy Less’ Plea

“It’s been almost two years since Patagonia began urging its outdoorsy customers to buy less—to sit out “Cyber Monday” and ask themselves: Do I really need a new fleece jacket or, for that matter, a state-of-the-art, 1,000-fill, dry-clean-only $700 parka and all the carbon burning that comes with it?” In an interesting article Bloomberg Online […]

Musk, Branson, “star” in new Khan Academy classes

A big theme of this LP week has been learning. We have pushed our minds to learn more and more about “material.” It’s interesting trying to balance an Eckhart Tolle approach of Presence, and disconnecting our minds from a “physical, material” world, with “turning on” our minds and pushing ourselves to learn more of what […]

Never too late. A man learns to code.

Yoga 101: What does Namaste Mean

This sanskrit word is regarded in different ways by different groups. I’ve heard it described as the normal way to say hello and goodbye to people in India. But in a less casual way, and how we intend for it to be used within yoga culture in the West, is like this, “The highest/most divine/light […]

9/27 Quote: The greatest things in life are not things. ~ Unknown

Fall Movie Guide

Deadspin has put together a very nice “Fall Movie Guide.”   Check it out — here.

This Is How Tomatoes Should Really Taste

  Via TreeHugger There is nothing quite like a real tomato, a tomato as it is meant to be grown and eaten. A tomato should have a fragile skin that is under pressure to contain the juice and seeds within, splitting open easily and explosively. It should almost dissolve as you eat it, filling your […]

9/26 Art: Hoop Dreams

Paris-based photographer Adrian Skenderovic displays Hoop Dreams: The Beautiful Ruins of Basketball Courts

Yoga devotees bend over backwards to see Indian guru

Swami Ramdev Ji, who reportedly has an 85 million-strong worldwide following, led a yoga class for nearly 2000 practitioners at the Emirates Arena. But, although he was pleased by the turnout, the spiritual leader said he was used to larger numbers. Swami Ji said: “This is a miracle for you but when I practice in […]

Crowdfunding Is About to Go Bananas

Via Vice: Although it’s still best known as the go-to cash source for indie bands, Zach Braff, and guys who want to build their own robots, crowdfunding took a big step into the mainstream this week, thanks to a new law that paves the way for entrepreneurs to take their fundraising requests straight to the masses. […]

Chakra Hand Positions

BBC: How yoga is helping prisoners stay calm

We don’t normally post from the same source two days in a row (or should say we have not in the past). But…the BBC posted a massive piece last night covering yoga in prisons, and I think it is worthwhile to continue to spread the amazing message of how the practice is transforming lives. Check […]

9/26 Quote: Rumi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

9/25 Art: Sunset Through Waves…