Alan Watts on Zen and Not Clinging
Alan Watts reframes Buddhism and Zen as invitations to awaken by letting go, embracing impermanence, and meeting life as it truly is.
Joseph Campbell and Universal Story
Campbell unpacks how myth harmonizes our inner world and why its metaphors matter for yoga, meaning, and global connection.
The Yoga of Polymaths
Polymaths thrive by integrating diverse skills, blending tradition and innovation, and practicing self-study to create a uniquely adaptive life.
How Culture Shapes What We Find Funny
Humor reveals what we value, with cultural roots shaping whether we seek meaning or amusement in what makes us laugh.
Ditching Big Tech for Open Source
Europe’s move to open-source tools echoes our own sangha’s embrace of autonomy, transparency, and collective sustainability.
Enshittification, Yoga, and the Karma of Technology
Doctorow’s enshittification theory challenges us to steward our yoga and technology with care, not just consumption.
Shell Mounds and Communal Memory
Shell mounds at Ellis Landing gained monumentality through centuries of ritual and community, not formal planning or elite design.
Knots of Memory: Unraveling Inca Secrets
Anthropologists work to unravel the mystery of Inca khipus, learning patience and humility as they seek lost threads of history.
Escaping the Filter Bubble
Yoga offers discernment and truth-seeking to help us break through digital filter bubbles and connect with a wider reality.
The Yoga of Mystery and Meaning
A new study suggests the mysterious Voynich manuscript may be encrypted text, not gibberish, revealing how truth hides beneath centuries of uncertainty.