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…

The new decade has marked itself already as an unusual time in history, and it is safe to say that its hallmark is care and concern for humanity. Most people are working harder than ever to assure that people are taken care of in a respectful manner that prioritizes human…

Eutopic dreaming is a wonderful thing, but it’s a double-edged blade. The visionaries of the world work their hearts out trying to solve the disparity and dismay that so afflicts this mortal realm. For the most part, we are lucky for all of the good people who try to make…

As a graduate student studying dramatic revenge tragedies, I sometimes wondered how a society could think up such tangled plots and what the utility might be. The basic wisdom is that tragedy serves an important psychological function, that of catharsis. It allows people, a society even, to purge their rage…

Can you feel colors? I feel them all the time slate in waves Cold lake of untold depth Other times I am blood sapped, blood drenched Crimson sex Dappled in the fire orange of a fire lily Cynical in gray Or dazzling in a mushroom-garden olive Pine, copper entwined All…

Written by Selena Zeledon and David Bryant Defending the West by Ibn Warraq is a refutation of Edward Said’s anti-orientalist book Orientalism, but more importantly, Warraq’s text defends occidental and western culture and their relationship with the east based on the west’s own inherent virtues and the failings of Islamic…