Should You Join the 5am Club?
Unlocking the perks of the 5am club depends less on willpower and more on respecting your unique body clock and well-being.
What Modern Security Teaches About Ahimsa
Surveillance, censorship, and digital deception challenge our ethics, privacy, and power, calling us back to ahimsa and satya.
Biohacking, Masculinity, and the New Wellness Hustle
Biohacking rebrands wellness for men, raising questions about self-optimization, contentment, and what it means to be truly well.
How Local Journalism Grounds Democracy
Local journalism is a vital anchor for community engagement, truth, and collective accountability—democracy practiced close to home.
Wildfire Destroyed the Finest Wood
A master luthier’s lifetime of rare woods is lost to wildfire, revealing the power of resilience, impermanence, and music’s enduring spirit.
Being Black in Porn and Satya
A documentary explores the vulnerability, truth, and resilience in being Black in porn, revealing the deeper work of identity beyond industry bias.
When Efficiency Replaces Thought
Media theorist Neil Postman warned that a “technopoly” arises when societies surrender judgment to technological imperatives. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence.
Karma Yoga in Action at Bondi
A community of lifeguards, party guests, and everyday beachgoers demonstrated what selfless action looks like when it emerges spontaneously in moments of crisis.
The Siren Song of P Street Live
The first sound I hear most mornings isn’t my breath or the hush of the Mysore room — it’s the wail of an ambulance racing down 14th Street. Living in Logan Circle places me at the center of a city that never fully quiets, and those sirens have a way of threading themselves into the…
Beauty Brings Safer Streets
In Philadelphia, a profound experiment is unfolding that speaks directly to the heart of yoga philosophy: the transformation of neglected spaces into places of beauty, connection, and safety. Environmental design interventions—warmer streetlights, community gardens, remediated vacant lots, and neighborhood beautification—have contributed to significant reductions in gun violence across some of the city’s most troubled areas….