Getting stronger beyond obstacles and scaling walls

I just watched the above video, in which Kino talks about confronting and working with our limitations in the practice. It's a brief vid...

Semi-hands-free upside-down lotus; Ashtanga foodie blog; some encouraging Buddhist words

This morning, I had to begin my practice quite a bit earlier than usual, because I had to attend a morning meeting at work. I did the same s...

The Teacher's Art, by Daisaku Ikeda

I just read the following essay on teachers by the Buddhist philosopher, poet, and educator Daisaku Ikeda . Since all of us are teachers in ...

In Memoriam: Wangaari Maathai (1940--2011)

[Image taken from here ] “Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves u...