Don't Forget to Breathe

Everything lives in obligation (to everything that lives)

The delicate balancing of independence and interdependence

Jul 4 • 

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May 2025

My perilous flight into recovery

In Greek mythology there is a creature known as the Hydra, who grows two heads whenever one is cut off.

May 26 • 

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Brothers and sisters, can you spare some therapy?

There are those who are born knowing what their purpose is.

May 3 • 

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March 2025

What would Kali do? Resistance to the MAGA-verse.

The fierce Hindu goddess Kali takes no prisoners and roots out evil at its source. Can we do the same?

Mar 18 • 

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February 2025

Why the heart tilts a little to the left

Perfect symmetry is rare in the natural world. The human body and the body politic are both best-served when the heart beats a little to the left.

Feb 14 • 

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January 2025

The Feast of the Ass: Celebrating a holy day

My new top ten song celebrates the renewal of one of Christianity's forgotten holidays, January 14th's Feast of the Ass.

Jan 15 • 

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Did my pot cookies kill Jimmy Carter?

Call it cosmic connection, confirmation bias, or conspiracy; in this life strange things are bound to happen.

Jan 2 • 

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December 2024

Peace Face: Five steps you can take to optimize your holidays.

Trying to make it through the holiday season without losing your shit? Time to put on your peace face.

Dec 20, 2024 • 

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Breath of Fire: a practice of purification caught up in a yoga scandal

The HBO documentary about Kundalini Yoga, Guru Jagat and Yogi Bhajan is devastating and bleak. Is anything in the practice worth salvaging?

Dec 9, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Remembering Tara

I didn't get to say goodbye, so I am writing down what I can remember before the memories dim of my dear bodhisattva friend.

Nov 26, 2024 • 

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Am I a harbinger of doom?

When I move, disaster follows. Should I just stay put?

Nov 19, 2024 • 

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Disobedience, Poison, and Redemption: My Journey as a Marine Corps Vet.

After three tumultuous years, I got kicked out of the Marines. For most of my life I tried to forget my time in the service, but now I am learning to…

Nov 11, 2024 • 

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