I walked out of my house the other day and I saw something that was amazingly similar to the Dead Sea Scrolls sitting on my porch. I vaguely remembered these items from years gone by, but honestly hadn’t looked at them in forever.

Okay, they were phonebooks. Remember those? You used to have to use them to look up information about businesses in your area. They were loaded with great information like phone numbers, addresses, maps sometimes, pictures of the businesses and even listings of services they provided.
You’d grab this big, heavy book of paper and thumb through it looking …read more

We recently got clobbered by a Typhoon over here in Manila. It was the worst rainfall we’ve had in over 40 years. A lot of people lost their homes and things. People are saying that this is caused by climate change. I’m starting to agree because typically the end of September should have this much rain and yet in the span of 6 hours we’ve had a month’s worth of rain.
This brings me to the topic of my post today. I’m happy about the fact that Apple has shown a lot of responsibility towards the environment and going green. As …read more

Regardless of what level your practice is at–beginner, intermediate, exploratory or advanced–the eight limbs of yoga (ashtanga) are vitally important stops along the way to the ultimate goal of transformation.
My last post focused on sustainability, and living a simpler, more beautiful life.
To continue along that thread, I wanted to talk a little bit about purity, or saucha, one of the observances belonging to the second limb.
Saucha is purity that operates on many levels. And it’s this purity of thought and action that can lead us to a more sustainable, contented lifestyle.
On a daily basis, we aspire to cleanliness for our bodies by washing ourselves, …read more