Newsletter

Constipation, Productivity (Part 1) and Kaia Ra

December 15th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Life is good in Koh Phangan. Sunshine, coconut water and dancing keep my soul afloat. Since being here, I’ve been working diligently on my next business venture: an in-person yoga retreat called “The Course of Transformation.” I’m happy to say that it is now live! Expect a formal announcement via email this week, but consider this message as an informal invitation to join me and my soul sister (Gabriella) in Portugal next July….

Coconut Water, Speeding Up and Pema Chödrön

December 8th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Wow, do I have a story for you! I’ll try to keep it brief: Wednesday was my 28th birthday, and I had a full day of fun planned: hiking, acro yoga, friends, beach, dinner, kirtan……until my bike wouldn’t start! D’oh! 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks to years of meditation, I only felt about 10 seconds of frustration before my mind rebalanced. I thought, “There must be a reason for this. God’s got me.” After a quick fix at the bike repair shop, I…

Inhale Hold, Intrusive Thoughts and Dōgen Zenji

December 1st, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I’ve been enjoying my island time on Koh Phangan with a group of crypto and AI entrepreneurs. They have been showing me all sorts of new tools on the horizon, along with painting inspiring visions of the future they hope to create. I have no doubt that I will be involved in these kinds of projects going forward, as it satisfies many of my interests and skills. Will share the ideas and creations that come from these meetups as…

Jalandhara Bandha, Enjoying Vacation and Gloria Steinem

November 24th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I just landed in the beautiful Koh Phangan for the month of December. This is on the tail of an incredible month in Northern Thailand where I met some incredible people. Groaning after having been pummeled by a Thai masseuse. Celebrating Loy Krathong at The Dao Gardens. Gifted some mala beads at the local “forgotten” vipassana center More to share soon. Enjoy this week’s {Body} • {Mind} • {Soul} Newsletter and have a beautiful…

Uddiyana Bandha, Boundary Setting and Gabor Maté

September 14th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I just finished up a Tai Chi training with grandmaster Mantak Chia, and am now heading to my next destination. There, I’ll be hunkering down to create YouTube videos. The training was very valuable, though I now have more questions than answers, and have the intense urge to dive even deeper into Daoism and Chinese Medicine. My main takeaways were: (1) the correlation between emotions and the different organs, (2) the crucial…

Mula Bandha, Karma (Part 3) and Sri Yukteswar

November 10th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Many of my friends and family are heartbroken over the recent Presidential election. Many others I know are overjoyed. I have intentionally remained apolitical during this election cycle, but want to offer a few words: We think history is all about the “big players” — the Genghis Kahns, Albert Einsteins and Rosa Parks. In reality, it has always been a product of the people. President Trump is a sign of the times — an…

Celibacy, Karma (Part 2) and Amit Ray

November 3rd, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Another wonderful week spent in Thailand. Beyond the amazing cuisine and culture, what has brought me the most joy is how popular my yoga classes and workshops have been. Packed classes without me having to spend hours marketing them – what a contrast to what I’m used to! 😂 Other exciting news…I’ll be joining an in-person Daoist and Qigong fundamentals course with the legendary Mantak Chia next week. Intuitively, the Daoist…

Kundalini Awakening (Part 3), Karma (Part 1) and Don Miguel Ruiz (Part 4)

October 27th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand a few days ago for Edge City to teach yoga and meditation to a group of blockchain and AI enthusiasts. My mind is expanding each day in this new country. Of course, I intellectually knew that Asia held the majority of our species, but it wasn’t until getting here did that really set in – I really am a drop in an ocean. I’ve already met some incredible humans investing an enormous amount of energy…

Kundalini Awakening (Part 2), Good Vibes, and Don Miguel Ruiz (Part 3)

October 20th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I’m currently in Asheville for a dear friend’s wedding. I don’t know if I’ll ever get tired of these ceremonies – it’s a total joy to witness and celebrate the commitment of two humans coming together. Though I am not in the parts of town that were most devastated by Hurricane Helene, you can feel the energy pain floating around in the field. The overall vibrancy and spunk of the town is worlds different than when left back in…

Kundalini Awakening (Part 1), Pretending and Don Miguel Ruiz (Part 2)

October 13th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I’ve been consistent at a yoga studio (Y2 Yoga) here in Charlotte for the first time in nearly a year, and have been humbled. They have some of the most difficult flows in the city, and crank the heat wayyyy up – not my typical style, but it is incredible it is to have a teacher push you to your limits. Heading to Asheville this week for a good friend’s wedding. Feeling both excitement and slight trepidation to see the damage…