Greetings Reader, Back in 1990-something, I was working for a digital video systems manufacturer. My job was to demonstrate their products at trade shows and to train end-users how to operate them. There was a lot of travel involved: to the company’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, to trade shows in Las Vegas and Amsterdam, and to cities large and small whenever a local broadcaster purchased a motion graphics system or title effects generator. On one occasion, the head of marketing told me I...
8 days ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, I'm writing to let you know about my next live online workshop: Beyond Belief: Yoga Wisdom for Discerning Truth from FalsehoodSaturday, October 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT TUITION: $27 The workshop will be recorded — a replay link will be emailed to all registrants. Yoga teachers can receive 1.5 hours of continuing education credit with Yoga Alliance. → CLICK HERE TO ENROLL We have access to more information than ever before—and more exposure to sophisticated attempts to manipulate...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Greetings Reader, I recently heard former late night television star Stephen Colbert describe his erstwhile gig as the equivalent of “being lowered like carbon rods into a radioactive pool every day, and then being pulled out and put in front of a camera to radiate it back out at the audience at a non-lethal rad level.” Sometimes I feel like I could say the same thing about my current gig. On the one hand, I feel the need to know what’s going on in the world, both for myself and for the sake...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Greetings Reader, After three weeks of practice, I feel confident in saying that I have mastered the art of being on vacation. Ate it up. Crushed it. Knocked it out of the park. Stuck the landing. It was great. I totally cleared my calendar of everything except all of my meetings and appointments to make sure I would have a few zeptoseconds every day to relax. And when I wasn’t busy relaxing, I renovated my entire website, planned out my workshop and course schedule for the next 12 months,...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Sharing a bit of yoga philosophy before students start moving is a great way for a yoga teacher to open a class. It can also be challenging. But what’s even more challenging is weaving that bit of philosophy into your class while your students are moving. But that's how you turn the philosophy you talk about into the philosophy that everyone feels. We can tell students that Warrior Pose teaches us how to be strong, Tree Pose teaches us how to stay grounded, and Child’s Pose teaches...
26 days ago • 2 min read
Greetings Reader, A few weeks ago I spent the better part of an idyllic afternoon hanging out with a friend on a quiet veranda overlooking a stretch of woods behind my apartment complex. Our meeting was both pleasant and purposeful: our plan was to explore some ideas about how we could expand our support for the Free DC movement here in our besieged capital. But before we got down to the business of resistance, we took some time to catch up. I mentioned that my wife and I are planning a trip...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Greetings Reader, I have not forgiven Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for torpedoing Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign when she was the Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee during the run up to the 2016 elections. The results speak for themselves. And I haven’t forgiven former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of the NYPD’s dishonest tactics and illegal mass detentions of nearly 2,000 protestors during the Republican National Convention in...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Greetings Reader, I’ve gotten used to a lot of the great things that go with living in my adopted hometown of Washington, D.C.: being able to see 360 degrees of sky from almost anywhere in town, being able to go for a walk in the woods without leaving the city’s limits, great Ethiopian restaurants, fantastic art collections at DC’s museums, many of which offer free admission, . . . I’ve also gotten used to living in a town that attracts idealistic transplants who come to our nation's capital...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Greetings Reader - Our free monthly series, Community Conversations, continues next week. This month we're going to explore the relationship between technology, AI, and Yoga. Smart mats are here, with embedded pressure sensors that your track balance and flexibility and evaluate your pose alignment via a mobile device. Smart yoga clothes are here, too. Now you don’t have to worry about getting into proper alignment; your clothes will get you into it for you. How far away are we from AI gurus...
2 months ago • 1 min read