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...

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...

Urban Philosophy Retreat with Sati Chmelar, 26 - 29 September 2013 - Stockholm, Sweden

Unmasking Your Identity and Facing Your Afflictions: An Introduction to Patañjali’s Classical Yoga and the Nature of Your Mind This immersio...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...