May232013
33 Reminders of How to be a More Mindful Person.Next week, I’ll celebrate the 33rd anniversary of my birth. It’s true what the old folks say… life…View Post

33 Reminders of How to be a More Mindful Person.

Next week, I’ll celebrate the 33rd anniversary of my birth. It’s true what the old folks say… life…

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May192013
Tonglen Meditation Instructions{From Grace and Grit by Ken Wilber}

Visualize someone you know and love who is suffering — an…View Post

Tonglen Meditation Instructions

{From Grace and Grit by Ken Wilber}

Visualize someone you know and love who is suffering — an…

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May152013
Sí hubo genocidio. Yes, there was a genocide in Guatemala.Guatemala is where I have chosen to live for almost four years now. For the first three, I lived…View Post

Sí hubo genocidio. Yes, there was a genocide in Guatemala.

Guatemala is where I have chosen to live for almost four years now. For the first three, I lived…

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May92013
Grandmothers Tackle Child Abuse in GuatemalaFrom Grandmother Power, A Global Phenomenon by Paola Gianturco (powerHouse Books, 2012)

Grandmothe…View Post

Grandmothers Tackle Child Abuse in Guatemala

From Grandmother Power, A Global Phenomenon by Paola Gianturco (powerHouse Books, 2012)

Grandmothe…

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May72013
Gratitude for GrandmasThis post was prompted by the Grandmother Power blogging campaign.
I am grateful for my grandmas.
M…View Post

Gratitude for Grandmas

This post was prompted by the Grandmother Power blogging campaign.

I am grateful for my grandmas.

M…

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April292013

Mindfulness Goes Mainstream (Get Over It)

Yoga is now $10.7 billion dollar industry in the U.S. with about 20 million practitioners, according to a recent Forbes article. Yoga has been mainstream for at least the last decade. And now mindfulness, The Industry, is also growing fast… because…

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April282013
Cool People I Know: Kat WarmanKat and I met when we both moved to Guatemala in August 2009 to begin teaching at a private high…View Post

Cool People I Know: Kat Warman

Kat and I met when we both moved to Guatemala in August 2009 to begin teaching at a private high…

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April112013

Nothing to Undo

The other day, I looked at my iPod touch for the time, and on the screen it said: “Nothing To Undo.”

I hadn’t consciously done anything to prompt this message, and therefore it was appreciated. It prompted a few thoughts:

  • The past is what got us here, and…

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April12013
Cool People I Know: Edward Mannix IIII met Edward when he became my roommate/tenant at my newly-bought old house in South Austin in…View Post

Cool People I Know: Edward Mannix III

I met Edward when he became my roommate/tenant at my newly-bought old house in South Austin in…

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March282013
Love and Marriage and ImmigrationI love my gay friends, and I am for gay marriage. It’s so obviously the right thing. And haven’t…View Post

Love and Marriage and Immigration

I love my gay friends, and I am for gay marriage. It’s so obviously the right thing. And haven’t…

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