For serious practitioners of Ashtanga Yoga, asanas (postures) serve as preparation to stabilize and control the mind, which one, of many, steps along the “the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self.”
Hot: My uncle Walter is on the front lawn. I did not say in the front lawn, because that would imply that he is out there doing something – looking for lost keys, maybe, or digging up earthworms for bait. But I said on the front lawn because he’s not doing anything, just lying on [...]
I began my Ashtanga practice for reasons much less noble than what I later learned many practitioners believe: that Ashtanga is “the path of internal purification for revealing the Universal Self.” Not me. I was motivated by a strong sense of vanity and a dislike of jogging
In the very early morning in the fall of 1979 a particular beach along the Aegean Sea in Athens is nearly deserted. You have not yet slept, as your crewmates have gotten ahold of your judgment once again, and you have been out all night. But you are alone now, and the soft pink horizon gives context to your solitude. You stroll the shoreline, smoking a cigarette, thinking of home and taking stock of the day ahead of you, when, in an instant, your life changes forever.
Hot: I’ve been super stressed at work lately. When that happens, I’m especially prone to feeling the tension in my neck and back. It feels tight, almost clogged- as if the stress of my day-to-day has actually congealed in and around my spine. I’ll feel sluggish, get headaches and even feel sick to my stomach. [...]
Hot: Perhaps its my intimate exposure to many things “internet marketing,” (I’m an SEO copywriter and, when I feel like bragging, amateur strategist) but lately it seems all I hear about is Social Media Marketing. From articles detailing how Twitter, Facebook and Delicious can help optimize your business or website, to blog-posts scolding SEO’s for [...]
Hot: Like the rest of us, I’ve been hit by the daily-worsening economy. That’s initially why I started cooking for myself. Well, that and my softening belly. It takes a little while to build up an affordable, usable supply of kitchen necessities (that first-time plunge for the $8 olive-oil is tough) but ultimately, it’s worth [...]
Hot: I recently read an article on GOOD.is entitled “The Art of the Status Update.” The article was interesting and seemed relevant, in light of a recent post I’d written about the Top Ten Facebook Offenders. Perhaps I’d been too hard on Facebookers in condemning the “self-indulgence” that users of any social-media outlet are often [...]
So. You’ve got a Facebook account. Welcome to the 21st century. Many of us have been here for some time- enjoying relative seclusion from teenage girls and 40 year old men, blinking emoticons and blaring emo-music. But, you had to come sometime, so, welcome.
Incredibly awkward moments are my specialty. Take this morning for example. While browsing around on MSN.com, settling in to my morning routine, I stumbled across a byline that made me laugh out loud. Here- I’ve taken a screenshot:
