Homelessness is a pressing issue around the globe and the city of São Paulo in Brazil is no exception. The city has opened shelters to help house the nearly 20,000 homeless people living in the streets of São Paulo, but few of them have taken advantage of the situation…until now. Below is a video chronicling ... Read more
It is so easy for us to dwell on all of the regrettable things we have done or said — the times when we look back and feel we were too timid or too forceful, too withdrawn or too involved. In this excerpt from Sharon Salzberg’s The Kindness Handbook, she teaches us that by repeatedly practicing kindness ... Read more
The planet is experiencing a mass extinction event with an estimated 30,000 species being driven to extinction per year. This mass extinction differs from all previous extinction events in being driven by a single species rather than a planetary or galactic process. Humans have cause multiple waves of extinctions, first as hunter-gathers targeted animals for ... Read more
“Believe in yourself and you’re halfway there!” Theodore Roosevelt
In 1970, the U.S. had the highest rate of school and college graduation in the world. 50 years later, we’ve dropped to No. 21 in high school completion and No. 15 in college completion as the quality of our primary and secondary education falls in comparison to the rest of the world. Just as importantly, ... Read more
“Learn to dance in the rain.” Vivian Greene .
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” Hanlon’s Razor
“Strive to be the woman you would like your daughter to be.” Unknown
What is listening? To start, speaking is insufficientto say what listening is. As soon as we breathe a word aboutlistening, we’ve reduced its fullness; we’ve defined and limited ahuman phenomenon that is misunderstood, under-appreciated,and highly involved. We tend to observe listening as the opposite of speaking. In otherwords, if you are not speaking then you ... Read more
How To Make the Yamas and Niyamas Work for You in the Modern World Practicing yoga is much more than the postures. Learning to integrate the full “on and off the mat” practice including observing the five Yamas and Niyamas—yoga’s guide on social and personal ethics— in your daily life can transform you and your yoga practice. Our thoughts, ... Read more