Where to Start Optimal Alignment in Yoga Asana
On My Walk Home From Work
With his camera, I took three pictures of one monk smiling At the Capitol. He was in his orange robe. I took One picture with my phone. Of three monks. Or Perhaps they were two monks and an accolyte. Here… (READ MORE)
With Morning Tea on the Catio
Yes, I Knew Him (and the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra)
When my students arrived at William Penn House last night for class, I said, “yes, I knew him; they are both my co-workers.” I didn’t need to say anything else. All of them read the Washington Post and know that… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town
It may be true that power that gives power over corrupts, but being empowered is liberating. The yoga, when practiced as part of an ethical life, is empowering. But beware those who claim that “enlightenment” frees one from behaving with… (READ MORE)
Found Quotation
Found Exhortation
The artist who penned this exhortation here was highly unlikely to have intended it to have anything to do with “udyamo bhairava“–roughly, the upsurging of capitol “C” Consciousness. Siva Sutras I.5. But if one were in the mood, one (not… (READ MORE)
