Yoga

Ten years ago, I hit rock bottom for about the tenth time. I was battling depression and an addiction to psychiatric medications. I barely had […]

When I moved to Austin, Texas, from Boulder, Colorado, last year, it took me about three hours to discover and fall in love with Barton […]

This month, I’m wrapping up final revisions on my forthcoming memoir, Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing, published by Hachette Books in March […]

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.” This quote from Pema Chodron is today’s WORDS CHANGE US. Pema’s words feel true […]

Tonight’s WORDS THAT CHANGED ME comes from a modern spiritual classic, “The Teachings of Don Juan” by Carlos Castaneda. Here it is: “Does this path […]

Tonight’s WORDS CHANGE US comes from “This Is Water” by the late David Foster Wallace. I think these words speak for themselves. What do you […]

Today’s THESE WORDS CHANGED ME comes from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. After days of listening to the Buddha’s teachings, Siddhartha, a wanderer seeking enlightenment, encounters […]

I was in my mid-thirties and quite depressed when I first stumbled on a recording of Alan Watts’ unique style of spiritual entertainment. Within a […]

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 […]