Podcast on Ayurveda for Yoga Students and Teachers
Thanks to the generous Cate Stillman for this podcast. What I like most about Cate’s perspective is her teaching that truly practicing Ayurveda is paying attention at the deepest level, including paying attention to what in the classic teaching of… (READ MORE)
Pre-Krishna Das Dinner Menu for Friends
*Coconut-Red Lentil Dal *Brown Basmati Rice with Cashews *Roasted Winter Vegetables (Including turnips from the garden and brussel sprouts in honor of St. Patrick’s Day) *Six Tastes Fresh Mango Chutney *Avocado Raita ~ Butterscotch-Ginger Cookies Peace and light, E —… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town
Lakshmi Sky (at the Jersey Shore)
“You like looking at clouds, don’t you?” asked one friend, as we took a walk along the shore after the workshop on Lakshmi this weekend. Another added, “did you always see so many heart-shaped clouds?” “Yes,” I answered the first. … (READ MORE)
The Importance of Doubt (and Shrada)
I was just led by a friend’s Facebook posting to the website for an upcoming movie about the Siddha yoga ashram (Siddha yoga was part of the teaching and practice lineage of John Friend and Paul Muller-Ortega, and both have… (READ MORE)
Signs/Found Objects Around Town (and Svatantriya)
Go Out and Take a Walk, Please
Perhaps it is too simple a remedy. We’ve been convinced by the great advertising machine of capitalism to want our treatments to cost something, to be something to complain about, to be an instant fix. Wouldn’t it be better just… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
“Remember Thich Nhat Hanh”
My boss with whom I’ve worked for over 20 years and who has an unfortunate tendency to get agitated (gentle understatement here) at the workplace has just discovered Thich Nhat Hanh. My boss was intrigued by Thich Nhat Hanh’s suggestion that… (READ MORE)