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Making the Long Drive with Krishna Das

Yesterday, I took an emergency trip to the doctor. Fortunately, the doctor's visit wasn't related to anything serious. Unfortunately, the doctor I had to see was a nine and one-half hour car drive away. It's a little frustrating to drive nearly 20 hours for a 20 minute visit to the doctor, but I tried to make good use of my time. I started off the drive listening to talk-radio, which was quite inspiring (sarcasm). After a while I realized I could probably find something better to listen to, so … [Read more...] about Making the Long Drive with Krishna Das

The Yoga of Listening

Siddhartha listened. He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything. He felt that he had now completely learned the art of listening. He had often heard all this before, all these numerous voices in the river, but today they sounded different. He could no longer distinguish the different voices--the merry voice from the weeping voice, the childish voice from the manly voice. They all belonged to each other: the lament of those who yearn, the laughter of the … [Read more...] about The Yoga of Listening

Take Action to Simplify Your Life

Simplify, simplify... Most everything is a distraction. This simple quote by Thoreau embodies much of what we want in life--simplicity. Most of us know that many of the "necessities" of life, while far from being extravagances, are in reality unnecessary distractions that pull us away from the simple kind of living that is conducive to a "quiet mind." Interestingly enough, the word "simplify" actually is an action word, indicating that in order to have have fewer distractions we have to … [Read more...] about Take Action to Simplify Your Life

How to Clean a Yoga Mat

Child's pose is one of those poses that every time it's entered into acts as a reminder that it's okay to rest and accept the peace that comes from resting. At the same time, there's also a decent likelihood that the close proximty of nose to mat in child's pose acts as a reminder that it's NOT okay to have a stinky yoga mat. There's a big difference between a "sticky" mat and a "stinky" mat. The former is to be sought after, the latter is to be shunned. So, the big question is when was the last … [Read more...] about How to Clean a Yoga Mat

Weekend Yoga Thoughts

It's really been one of those weeks. You know, the kind where everything else in life gets put on hold so that one great big project that was supposed to be done two months ago finally gets finished. The kind of of week where every day starts early and ends late, with hardly any room in between to breathe. Somehow I survived, and fortunately relief came Friday morning when I finally turned in the paper that's consumed most of my energy. Needless to say, I also started this blog about a week … [Read more...] about Weekend Yoga Thoughts