A Middle-Aged Journalist Grows Up to Be a Yoga Teacher
Last February, a few weeks after my 51st birthday and on the twisting road to becoming a middle-aged yoga instructor, I skulked through the orange-themed […]
At the age of twelve, I had a brush with death that changed me. On the first day of a weekend father-son canoe trip in the […]
I once wrote a feature story for The New York Times Magazine about “the real Indiana Jones.” His name was , and I met him at a […]
While spring cleaning and rearranging bookshelves this week, I came across this card from John F. Kennedy, Jr. I received it in 1997 or 1998 […]
Working in memoir requires a writer to stand in the fire of truth. This means holding ourselves accountable to seeing what’s true about our lives. Part […]
When I used to travel a lot as a magazine writer, I tried to work fast so that I could explore more of the countries […]
Last winter, I traveled to southern India for a pilgrimage to Arunachala, a conical mountain considered by Hindus to be the embodiment of Shiva, the […]
Spiritual practices are an important way I stay connected to my deepest self. Yoga and meditation are my go-to practices. When I practice consistently, I do […]
In 2011, I spent three months on walkabout in Israel and Palestine. At the time I was struggling with life. I wanted to see if […]
Something changed in me that day on Mount Arunachala. I glimpsed something I’d never seen before. At least, not since I was a boy. It […]