Practice on mushrooms and wine

Practice this morning was great, but I felt a little heavy, and binding in Mari D took a bit more effort, because I ate and drank too much l...

Body not dancing, mind dancing!

"You gotta dance. As long as the music plays... Don't even think why." Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance The above advice was...

Thoughts of one happy barbecue on a cool rainy mid-September afternoon

A cool mid-September afternoon here in a little college town in the upper Midwest. A light rain falls. The trees around here are starting to...

The History of Yoga Mats, Haruki Murakami, 1Q84, and Kino Shorts

In a recent post , Steve over at the Confluence Countdown offers us a concise history of the modern sticky yoga mat. According to Steve'...

Haruki Murakami, Ashtanga practice, and teenage boys

"Most people are not looking for provable truths... truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painfu...

Haruki Murakami, the seductive power of knowledge, and the King

I'm still reading Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 . One of the main characters in the novel is Tengo, a talented math teacher who is also an ...

1Q84: A not-so-literary review

"Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It's a crime... Our memory is made up of...

Haruki Murakami, practice and fairness

Here are some more insightful words from Haruki Murakami : "...if I don't do anything I tend to put on the pounds. My wife's th...

Some random thoughts on Haruki Murakami, lifestyle changes, the yoga practice, and teaching yoga

During my trip to Portland last week, I bought a few books for myself. I figured that if I read a little bit of these books everyday, I migh...

Is the universe indifferent?

[Image taken from here ] “I look up at the sky, wondering if I'll catch a glimpse of kindness there, but I don't. All I see are ind...