The Problem of “God” in Obama’...

Dec 22, 2012 by

I can hear, if I get really quiet, an embodied sacramental language of mourning. A language that is aware of the function of its poetry, and doesn’t allow its poetry to bury any evidence.

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It’s Time for Yogis to Develop...

Nov 4, 2012 by

I think we can agree: we really want to stop creating yoga schools that purport to teach yoga when their corporate and spiritual bureaucracies force them to do the exact opposite.

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grounding anusara 3: intimacy,...

Mar 7, 2012 by

1. In yoga it is obvious that economies of scale obstruct relationship. Go big or go home? I’ll go home, thank you very much. Let’s think smaller. 2. Transglobal corporations need definable and saleable products. A Yoga Method with “Universal Principles” works well for its marketing, as we have seen. But a product is not therapy.

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grounding anusara

Feb 24, 2012 by

The Anusara situation reminds me of some of the greatest insights of Baudrillard and Foucault. 1. The spectacle of power always conceals a lack. 2. The clothes of the emperor amplify his nakedness.

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chanting into the cave

Dec 4, 2011 by

a brief reflection on grief and virility.

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press conference text for jenn...

Nov 28, 2011 by

on 11/28 the families and friends of those killed in collisions with heavy trucks, staged a press conference at Spirit Wind Internal Arts to call on the federal government to make trucks safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and those who drive them. it was in support of bill c-344, tabled by Olivia Chow.

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