Daily Archives: September 13, 2010
land of eternal contradiction
“If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for human freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. That’s your choice.” ~Noam Chomsky ζ Before moving here, I was totally [...]
The eight dazzling truths of yoga schmoga.
My friend Lynn spent 17 years living in Nepal and Zimbabwe with her husband, studying Buddhism, teaching yoga and soaking up diverse cultures. When we met in 2009, I asked her that most common of questions, “What kind of yoga do you teach?” She leaned in and confided, “You may not have heard of it. [...]
