Letting Go of Needle and Thread

A daughter uses yoga's wisdom to face her mother's Alzheimer's.

What is Sexier than Yoga, Right Now?

Portait of Arman, Yves Klein,  photo credit: geishaboy500  “[Performance art] can talk to us in extraordinary ways, and make us better human beings,” and that’s [...]

Censorship of Children, Art, and Wal-Mart

Arts censorship is alive and well in 2011.

A call (and commitment) to radical honesty

Calling the yoga community to speak the truths we've been afraid of

Do You Speak Yoga?

The power of words

Wage Peace With Your Breath

Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of redwing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out [...]

Scientists Say Listening to Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World” Might Help Do Just That

Music reduces aggression.

Holy Sh*t, Sacred Irreverence, and Artistic Tantrikas

Maxine Kumin wrote an ode to excrement. She was not being cute. This farmer-poet is among many artists who challenge conventional notions of what is [...]

SONGS OF GRATITUDE how poets connect us to the pulse of praise

Here’s one story: When Shiva got his creative groove on, he danced his cosmic dance and rat-a-tat-tatted a  hand-drum called a damaru. From those vibrations [...]

In Search of the Present – Octavio Paz – Nobel Lecture

Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1990 (Translation) In Search of the Present I begin with two words that all men have uttered since the dawn of [...]