Alan Watts: All retch and no vomit
If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wa…
If you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wa…
I'm studying with a man who is arguably one of the greatest yoga teachers on the planet, and the experience has been magic and life-changing for me. The energy in the shala, the culture around it, the…
In the past month, I've had several massive breakthroughs, both in my yoga practice (padmasana, maricyasana d, supta kurmasana, dropbacks, and completing all of primary series), in my love life, in my…
More from the collective superstition department: The ban on using iPads and phones on planes:
A year ago, when I first asked Les Dorr, a spokesman for the F.A.A., why the rule existed, he said the a…
From the excellent book Radical Forgiveness by Colin Tipping:
When we feel disconnected from someone, we cannot love them. When we judge a person (or ourselves) and make them wrong, we withhold love.…
When I was a kid and we were in vacation in southern Europe, I loved coming into one of those really old catholic churches and savoring the stillness, the cool air, and the weird echoy acoustics there…
I was able to do Maricyasana D on both sides for the first time today. Yay!
My 38-year old body is opening up nicely. I started this yoga practice in May in New York City. Continued it over the next c…
Last year I bought a 2008 BMW Z4. I've desired one of these cars ever since the last time I lived in California, in 2001. I was working for an early web software company called ArsDigita, and their B…
My mom built a small software empire in Denmark, starting in 1983, and building it to market leading 50-person company in 1993 when she sold it.
She got started right as the IBM PC was being invented.…
This is right up my alley. I love stories about our collective superstitions - things we take way too seriously, but for which the rationale doesn't add up. Bike helmets and airport screenings come t…