Marisol woke up in a cell. She blinked her eyes to cracks in a ceiling. Her eyes itched, feeling of grit. She blinked in slow motion and turned on her ear. The cell was dimly lit with stone walls. There was a wooden door with a small barred window revealing…

Have you ever felt like you drank too much and tumbled down the side of the mountain except it’s the next day, and you woke up at your camp, but you were the only one there? When you return to civilization, everyone is fine, going about their business as if…

Throughout the history of the west, it was common for fraternal and religious organizations to care for and build community amongst the people. Rituals as well as ethical and cultural instruction with a focus on service made these organizations invaluable for society. The rituals were about psychological development, patience, persistence…

Liberate the Rainbow The sky is universally ours. We look up to the infinite jewels of the starry night and soak in the mysterious beams of the moon. On another day, fresh puffy clouds may sail across a clear blue sky, warmed with a friendly and nourishing sunshine. The storm…

I actually believed I would never really enjoy Shakespeare that much despite my love of Shakespeare movies, old literature, and art. I was duped somehow into thinking that his writing was flat, something pithy with moralistic value but lacking in the fascinating. Rather, his work was lofty with hard to…

It’s my one-year anniversary, roughly. Before I get pelted with accusatory admonishments about forgetting the exact date of my anniversary, let me clarify: it’s my one year anniversary of daily yoga. I had been doing yoga before I committed to a daily practice, but it was an on and off thing. Inconsistent practice led to inconsistent results, and being some-what a perfectionist, I found myself frustrated. I reminisced on childhood experiences with my mother’s 1970’s yoga book. It had large, mysterious…

I wondered how I could miss something so obvious. This may seem like a facile observation to some of you out there since humans are perceptually limited, and there is arguably infinite possibility within the laws of nature. Still, I consider my perception one of my strengths, and the surprising…

To act as if constant Zen were an attainable norm for most people would be deceptive, but reaching a state of peace can improve your expression of beauty whether physically, emotionally, verbally, mentally, or spiritually. Blue zone inhabitants from around the globe often live to be centenarians not only from…

Science fiction is most often the stuff of prediction: a common theme is the imaginative presentation of dystopian, post-apocalyptic futures, visions of what could be if technology grows beyond human control. The times we live in have mostly diverged but sometimes have satisfied a range of competing views of the…