By ryan October 13, 2014 children infants philosophy Rabindranath Tagore yoga Infants, knowledge, and why we may not know our yoga Yesterday, in my theory of knowledge class, I had a discussion with my students about what knowledge really is (what else can you really tal...
By ryan October 13, 2014 campus life philosophy yoga Standing on your head is a good antidote for philosophy At the beginning of my philosophy class this morning, a student came into the lecture hall carrying a yoga mat. ( Full disclosure: To my kn...
By ryan October 13, 2014 philosophy Sati Chmelar Stockholm Yoga workshop Yogayama Event Urban Philosophy Retreat with Sati Chmelar, 26 - 29 September 2013 - Stockholm, Sweden Unmasking Your Identity and Facing Your Afflictions: An Introduction to PataƱjali’s Classical Yoga and the Nature of Your Mind This immersio...
By ryan August 09, 2014 Bhagavad Gita Nina Zolotow philosophy yoga philosophy Acceptance, Active Engagement, and the Bhagavad Gita (Rerun) by Nina Paris in Motion by Brad Gibson Since Brad started off by mentioning the combination of acceptance and active engagement as the best ...
By ryan July 16, 2014 isvara pranidhana niyamas philosophy Ram Rao santosha saucha svadhyaya tapas The Second Branch of Yoga: The Niyamas (Your "To Do" List) by Ram Path at La Cavee, Pourville by Claude Monet In my post Ashtanga Yoga: Following the Eight-Fold Path Ashtanga Yoga: Following the Eig...
By ryan May 30, 2014 philosophy positive psychology Ram Rao yoga philosophy Positive Psychology vs. Yoga Philosophy by Ram The Moon Over a Waterfall by Hiroshige Recently, I was introduced to the topic of positive psychology, a newer branch of psychology t...
By ryan August 23, 2013 anus Coffee philosophy poop practice Post-practice, post-coffee poop; constipation as the mother of philosophy I think it really shows how uninspired my blogging has become, that I should be reduced to blogging about something that is the byproduct of...
By ryan August 09, 2013 contentment Nina Zolotow pain philosophy santosha yoga sutras Practicing with Pain by Nina Needle and Ice by Melina Meza When a man has mastered himself, he is perfectly at ease in cold, in heat, in pleasure or pain, in hon...
By ryan February 08, 2013 campus life Dostoyevsky Facebook Jean Paul Sartre life philosophy Who needs heaven when we have social media? "Hell is other people." Jean-Paul Sartre In my Introduction to Philosophy class this morning, we discussed the Grand Inquisitor c...
By ryan December 07, 2012 Confucius life Neo-Confucianism philosophy An inherently moral universe: Humoring friends and myself with Chinese Philosophy "To have friends coming in from afar, how delightful!" Confucius, The Analects Tomorrow morning, I am having coffee with a frien...
By ryan February 27, 2012 Elvis Haruki Murakami Knowledge philosophy 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 ...