3/29/12 3/29/12

Orestes in Peace

Te quiero, Orestes. Gracias por todo. Que tu alma este en paz. (I love you, Orestes. Thank you for everything. May your soul rest in peace.)

3/21/12 3/21/12

Wise Action (Anything Could Happen Next.)

“What supports moving away from suffering and toward freedom from suffering?”

3/14/12 3/14/12

Wise Speech: True, Gentle, Helpful.

Buddha distilled his instructions on right speech down to a simple principle: “Say what is true and useful.”

3/14/12 3/14/12

Combining Creativity and Yoga

YAM practice invites us to play with new movements and new ways of breathing and a new way of writing.

3/11/12 3/11/12

Stop at Nothing

What do you think? Is it merely the latest internet sensation, or the start of a lasting and meaningful campaign?

3/8/12 3/8/12

Thoughts on #Kony2012

I admire the awareness-raising video of Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign. Curing this massive wound in central Africa is not going to be easy, and it's going to take more than video viewing, posturing and postering.

3/6/12 3/6/12

Wise Intention: Renunciation, Goodwill, Harmlessness

The Buddha explains right intention as threefold: the intention of renunciation, the intention of goodwill and the intention of harmlessness... as opposed to three parallel kinds of wrong intention, those governed by desire, ill will and harmfulness.

2/29/12 2/29/12

Wise View: Your Elationship with Life

Right view is the beginning and the end of the path; it simply means to see reality as it is.

2/15/12 2/15/12

3 qualities and 11 benefits of unconditional love.

To love unconditionally, cultivate presence, patience & lovingkindness.

2/9/12 2/9/12

Love at first stretch

When I first met Yoga, it was love at first stretch. From day one, I was hooked. In a good way.

2/3/12 2/3/12

Getting off the hook.

Step One. Acknowledge that you’re hooked.Step Two. Pause, take three conscious breaths and lean in. Lean into the energy. Abide with it. Experience it fully. Taste it. Touch it. Smell it. Get curious about it…Step Three. Then relax and move on.

1/26/12 1/26/12

Getting to the core of clinging.

The vast volumes of Buddhist philosophy can be boiled down to two words: Let Go.The practice of meditation increases our awareness and equanimity. Awareness of what, exactly? CLINGING!