I love the food in Bali! During two months there it seems I was always eating, but still losing weight. Of course I was teaching and/or practicing yoga daily, hiking, gardening, etc., but a few pounds easily and surprisingly drifted away. At the Jiwa Damai Retreat Center where I taught yoga the meals are strictly vegetarian. Often before dinner I would … Continue reading Cooking and Eating in Bali
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Boston, Stolen Artwork & the Yoga Sutra
February 25, 2017 In Yogic philosophy Aparigraha means to take what is necessary and no more. I'm making a two hour drive south from my house in Lebanon, New Hampshire into smack dab downtown Boston. That's two hours on a good traffic and weather day, which is a roll of the dice in these parts. But guess … Continue reading Boston, Stolen Artwork & the Yoga Sutra
Joni Mitchell, Winter & Meditative Climbing
March 4, 1976. I was in my junior year at the University of Wisconsin in Madison when Joni Mitchell came to town for an upcoming sold out concert at the massive Dane County Coliseum. It was also the day of an incredible ice storm. I remember tree branches and power lines crashing down from the weight of the … Continue reading Joni Mitchell, Winter & Meditative Climbing
Rice Fields & Waterfalls = Freedom
November 14, 2016 Bali's beauty blows me away. It's on display in a variety of places across it's 2,200 square miles, but no more so to me than in its rice fields and waterfalls. From our Jiwa Damai retreat center where I teach yoga I often walk through the nearby rice fields. The minute I … Continue reading Rice Fields & Waterfalls = Freedom
Writing about a Yoga World
Morning Yoga, Bali. October 2016This is the view on my first morning in Bali, October 5, 2016. I’m sweeping the area where I’ll teach yoga for the guests and workers at the Jiwa Damai Retreat Center I’m calling home for the next two months. Mostly I’m sweeping up any little pieces of gecko poop that landed … Continue reading Writing about a Yoga World
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