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Tips for a good night sleep

Tips for a good night sleep

Sleep Well A good night sleep is the secret to a happy productive next day. It is the time our body takes to restore and rejuvenate. Our night depends on the day we had, and the next day depends on how well our previous night's sleep was. The following are a few tips to reduce [...]
How to eat healthy without spending a lot

How to eat healthy without spending a lot

Eating Healthy on a Budget I keep hearing that eating healthy is for the rich. But, eating well allows us to stay healthy and clear minded, saving costs to the doctor and for medications. And it’s not impossible to go healthy on a budget.   Buying Healthy for Less Buy what’s in season. Some of [...]
Karma Don’t Worry About it

Karma Don’t Worry About it

What is Karma? Karma is a Sanskrit word that means action, or deed. It is used to describe the seed of the cycle of cause and effect. It originates in ancient India and is seen in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. In these systems the effects of all deeds are viewed as actively shaping [...]
Kale – Super Green

Kale – Super Green

Kale - The Best of the Bunch  Kale is a super green leafy vegetable of the wild cabbage family, big in the times of ancient Rome and widely used by peasants, brought to the US by English Settlers in the 1600s. The plant is hardy and tastes best after a frost, sweeter when fresh, more [...]
Standing on the Shoulders of our Teachers

Standing on the Shoulders of our Teachers

Standing on the Shoulders of Our Teachers The principle of practice in art is true for anything. One first studies, receives teachings and the more one practiced them, lives them, breathes them, one begins to be these teachings, to have a specific set of spices for his own recipe. This is only possible due to [...]
Life before Life and quantum physics

Life before Life and quantum physics

Spirit Science This Wednesday’s eve program at Esalen was talking about life after death with Michael Murphy and friends. What I remember from it is more about life before life. How does it fit into a quantum theory? Researches have interviewed young children that had memories of previous lives. These descriptions (very accurate at times) [...]
Cadavers, Meditation, Anatomy and the Body

Cadavers, Meditation, Anatomy and the Body

Living in the Body Sitting still, following the breath, the grass grows by itself. The stream outside flows softly, fish swimming with no direction. Art ideas flow to my mind, scrolls, bodies, and life stories, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Buddha, my breath. In and out it goes, softening the mind, softening the gaze, eyes open [...]
Yoga Teacher Training with Richard Freeman

Yoga Teacher Training with Richard Freeman

Yoga Teacher Training in Boulder  June 8th, 2008, Sunday morning, my birthday. What a great gift. Another teacher training. Sitting at the Yoga Workshop, Richard’s shala (practice room). The simple room, one large space is full of new faces sitting on Yoga mats awaiting the beginning of this month long teacher intensive. We have our [...]