I recently read a perfect acronym for F.E.A.R: Forget Everything And Run. The story of my life. We live in a time when we are always connected and always expected to respond instantly to every little tweet, text, and status update. We exist in a heightened and anxious state. This might make us more efficient. [...]
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3 Secrets from a 13,000 Year-Old Living Being
California’s oldest living tree is a Jurupa Oak in Riverside County, California reported to be 13,000 years old. If you were to plant a Juropa Oak seedling in the surrounding terrain, experts doubt it would take root. In fact, you’d have to travel 30 miles to find another Juropa Oak. Such is this particular 13,000 [...]
How Sadness and Struggle Can Lead To Greater Happiness
In 2007, I traveled to India for a yoga retreat. When I gazed down from the hilltop in the morning, I saw the coast of the Southern Indian state of Kerala dotted with canoe-like fishing boats. I practiced yoga listening to the hypnotic sounds of the flute played by an Indian musician on a bluff [...]
Sweaty Hug
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson I was very welcoming to Schvi Tzauritz, who was recently laid off in the Wall Street collapse. He showed up for his first yoga class and it was clear that this man was enduring tough times. He seemed sad and worn out emotionally, physically, and [...]
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