Posts Tagged: self-study

Yoga for Climate Action: Svadyaya

Je me sens coupable parce que j’ai l’habitude
C’est la seule chose que je peux faire avec une certaine certitude

-Lhasa de Sela

Yoga for Climate Action: Svadyaya

Je me sens coupable parce que j’ai l’habitude
C’est la seule chose que je peux faire avec une certaine certitude

-Lhasa de Sela

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

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.

Yoga for Climate Action: Satya

You better take the walls of Jericho
Put your lips together and blow
Goin’ to the very top
Where the truth crystallizes like jewels in the rock – Joe Strummer

Yoga for Climate Action: Satya

You better take the walls of Jericho
Put your lips together and blow
Goin’ to the very top
Where the truth crystallizes like jewels in the rock – Joe Strummer

Yoga for Climate Action: Ahimsa

“I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political minds in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.” –Albert Einstein

Yoga for Climate Action: Ahimsa

“I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political minds in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.” –Albert Einstein

Yoga for Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, or Scheuermann’s Disease, is a relatively benign spinal abnormality that develops during adolescence, and can lead to back pain.

Yoga for Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, or Scheuermann’s Disease, is a relatively benign spinal abnormality that develops during adolescence, and can lead to back pain.

A Duty of Gratitude

Vincent Van Gogh, in one of over 900 letters to his brother Theo.

A Duty of Gratitude

Vincent Van Gogh, in one of over 900 letters to his brother Theo.

Cornel West and BKS Iyengar: joy, suffering, and moral constipation

“In order to achieve the integrity and wholeness we desire, there must be communication from the inner to the outer and the outer to the inner as each sheath blends with the next. “

Cornel West and BKS Iyengar: joy, suffering, and moral constipation

“In order to achieve the integrity and wholeness we desire, there must be communication from the inner to the outer and the outer to the inner as each sheath blends with the next. “

Small Matters 1: How I Tell Myself What to Do

When I put a restriction on myself, I’d better be fully on board with it.

Small Matters 1: How I Tell Myself What to Do

When I put a restriction on myself, I’d better be fully on board with it.