Give me your tired, distracted, and fidgety huddled masses yearning to get this whole meditation thing. The ever-popular lines from Emma Lazarus’ Sonnet The New Colossus: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore” immortalized on the Statue…

Standing Meditation is the practice of developing awareness, understanding, and control over reflexive actions that undermine performance on the playing field, on stage or at work. After you have practiced a skill, technique, sport or instrument for long enough the neural circuitry that controls it will become more and more…

Dr. White is a good friend from high school, he is an orthopedic surgeon and whenever we talk it reliably devolves into a debate about the legitimacy of my profession. You see, I am an Acupuncturist. To him, it is inconceivable that tiny needles inserted at seemingly random parts of…

Russ Roberts presented a great interview on his podcast EconTalk this week with philosopher and author of Medical Nihilism, Jacob Stegena. The long and short of it: we overestimate the value and effectiveness of medical interventions and underestimate or don’t know the side effects and unintended consequences. For the interested…

We have reached ‘Peak Mindfulness’ in America. The meditation practice excised from Buddhism has made its way into classrooms, boardrooms, locker rooms, and living rooms. The idea of mindfulness, at least in theory and advertising, is recognized in hospitals and healthcare and programs are popping up for people in prison. This is great. It makes the world…

I loved soccer at a young age. I watched older kids play and thought it was the greatest thing I ever saw. I started playing at school recess and was one of the better players in my class. I made the traveling team by the time I was 7. I…

I don’t actually hate myself but you wouldn’t guess it if you could hear the way that I talk to myself in the privacy of my own consciousness. “I am too dumb, too lazy, too weak. I am unoriginal. I can’t stick to anything. No one will read what I…

Dzogchen + Zhan Zhuang For the Win I’ve wanted to create a practice that brings the best out of myself for a long time. …

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - Benjamin Franklin Trapped in a one-man tent I hate feeling trapped. The thought of being buried alive is dreadful. I’m uncomfortable in tight spaces and I don’t like not being able to move. …