Two words for 2013

Well, it's been a while since I posted as I have been settling into my new home in Whistler, BC. It's hard to express how lucky I fe...

Sea Change: on leaving East Timor, growing up, and welcoming the new year

Dearest readers, 2012 is drawing to a close. The world didn't end and the solstice has passed, so in solar terms, a new year has already...

On change, letting go, and lighting up your life

The equinox has passed, the Earth is shifting on its axis, and everywhere I look, change is in the air. In times of change, we ourselves shi...

Dear Ashtanga: I'm seeing other Yoga

Dear Ashtanga, Well, this has been a while coming, so I'm just going to be straight with you: I am seeing other yoga. Yes, the mere fact...

Practice, change, (not) burning the candle at both ends, coffee, and how one man's modus ponens is another man's modus tollens

Practice this morning was... interesting. First, I got up at my usual early-morning hour and did my Buddhist prayers. And then I realized th...

Rooting, rising

It's hard to believe how fast June is flying!  Hard to believe that I left East Timor nearly 6 full months ago.  It's funny, because...

David Swenson

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Just Breathe + Blanks

This song has been speaking to me lately... it seems to perfectly embody the concept of aparigraha , or non-grasping.  Not to mention re-ign...

The cracks in everything

Source " There is a crack in everything. That's how the  light  gets in." -  Leonard Cohen This quote has been making the roun...