Author Archives: grandgather
Yoga for Climate Action: Saucha
Lying in a bathtub, holding to the sides
Frozen in the steam and everything to hide
Deep in the bathtub, make it good and hot
Make it hot enough to wash everything off
-Mark Sandman
Yoga for Climate Action: Saucha
Lying in a bathtub, holding to the sides
Frozen in the steam and everything to hide
Deep in the bathtub, make it good and hot
Make it hot enough to wash everything off
-Mark Sandman
Yoga and the Art of Lower Back Maintenance
We do not have to transcend the ‘world of dust’ (saha) in order to go to some dust-free world called nirvana. Suffering and nirvana are of the same substance. If we throw away the world of dust, we will have no nirvana.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
Yoga and the Art of Lower Back Maintenance
We do not have to transcend the ‘world of dust’ (saha) in order to go to some dust-free world called nirvana. Suffering and nirvana are of the same substance. If we throw away the world of dust, we will have no nirvana.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
Yes-No-Us-Me: A Theory of Balanced Climate Effort
Figures are approximate.
Breaking Free by Getting Jailed in Whiting, Indiana
My arrest didn’t feel like a risk, it felt like a transaction. It was a transaction I felt called to make, but it doesn’t feel like the most meaningful step I’ve taken against the climate crisis.
Breaking Free by Getting Jailed in Whiting, Indiana
My arrest didn’t feel like a risk, it felt like a transaction. It was a transaction I felt called to make, but it doesn’t feel like the most meaningful step I’ve taken against the climate crisis.
We Cannot Love What Is Not
Helen MacDonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk, is about falconry as mourning in the wake of her father’s sudden death. But what struck me most about MacDonald’s book is the way climate change is present throughout, without being the intended subject.
We Cannot Love What Is Not
Helen MacDonald’s memoir, H is for Hawk, is about falconry as mourning in the wake of her father’s sudden death. But what struck me most about MacDonald’s book is the way climate change is present throughout, without being the intended subject.
A List of Beautiful Things, pt. 1
Grey skies
tall trees
copper patina
unplanned roofscapes
strong shoulders
long necks
A List of Beautiful Things, pt. 1
Grey skies
tall trees
copper patina
unplanned roofscapes
strong shoulders
long necks
Stuffaloes Go Roaming
A lot of babies in my orbit these days, the new kids of people I love. I’ve been celebrating by figuring out how to make different kinds of animals for them.
Stuffaloes Go Roaming
A lot of babies in my orbit these days, the new kids of people I love. I’ve been celebrating by figuring out how to make different kinds of animals for them.
Yoga for Climate Action: Aparigraha
You have the right to your labor, but not to the fruits of your labor. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never become attached to not doing your duty. -Baghavad Gita 2.47
Yoga for Climate Action: Aparigraha
You have the right to your labor, but not to the fruits of your labor. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never become attached to not doing your duty. -Baghavad Gita 2.47
Yoga for Climate Action: Brahmacharya
Why you want to move so fast? We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time.
-Jermaine Stewart
Yoga for Climate Action: Brahmacharya
Why you want to move so fast? We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time.
-Jermaine Stewart
Yoga for Climate Action: Asteya
The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple line day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggle while another relaxes
-Hymn of the Big Wheel: Massive Attack
Yoga for Climate Action: Asteya
The big wheel keeps on turning
On a simple line day by day
The earth spins on its axis
One man struggle while another relaxes
-Hymn of the Big Wheel: Massive Attack
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