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Ling Mudra
(Oct 17, 2019) Ling Mudra generates heat in the body, increases metabolic rate, puts passion and fire back into life....more »»
Movie Review: Official Secrets (2019)
(Oct 15, 2019) Must see! This is a gripping true story of an intelligence staff who leaked top-secret info about the US incursion into British politics to push the war in Iraq.....more »»
Jalandhara Bandha Mudra
(Oct 7, 2019) Jalandhara Bandha Mudra cleans the nadis and the chakras and subsequently awakens the kundalini shakti...more »»
Learning Thai with Cee
(Oct 13, 2019) Learning Thai from a white guy? Yes, and it couldn't be better. Cee knows and speaks Thai by heart with even a local accent. But as a fluent English speaker, he can articulate the nuances of the Thai language and answer our questions in a way a Thai teacher (with limited English) cannot...more »»
Mindfulness Gong Bath by Vee (Veerayuth Pongsiri)
(Oct 3, 2019) A mindfulness gong bath is to immerse yourself in sound and reverberate to the frequency of the gong in a way that makes water react positively to good and healing vibrations....more »»
Cuddle Party by Abundant Love CM
(Oct 1, 2019) I'd been to parties where group cuddling happens, but a party solely devoted to cuddling? I didn't even know such a thing existed.....more »»
The Mudra Project
(Sep 13, 2019) Mudras are hand/finger gestures designed to balance the energy flow within the body. The 5 fingers represent the 5 elements within the body - fire, air, sky, earth and water. Any imbalance within the 5 cause dis-ease. The many ways fingers touch each other in mudras help in restoring balance and healing the body, mind and spirit.....more »»
Visa-Run to Tachileik, Myanmar
(Sep 28, 2019) It's that recurring episode again - the visa-run. Where to go? What if I get denied entry? Worse, what if I'm blacklisted? My last visa-run to Hanoi proved difficult and there was no reprieve on the horizon as far as Thai Immigration was concerned.....more »»
Eye-Gazing at Heart Space
(Sep 20, 2019) I was first told that you can fall in love just by eye-gazing. Really? That got my attention. When I attended Gab's Cacao Ceremony with a brief eye-gazing moment, it got me uncomfortable. It was too intimate. Now, I get to finally do the real thing.....more »»
Vayu (Pranic Wind)
(Sep 20, 2019) Vayu (or Prana Vayu) is not widely known in yoga, but I keep encountering this word as I do my readings in yoga and pranayama. It seems to be an energetic wind element that is both powerful and obscure. Time to roll up my sleeves and find out more about it.....more »»
Arahattamagga Arahattaphala - the path to Aranhantship
(Dec 30, 2018) A monk narrates his meditation journey that ultimately led to an arahantship. His personal tale is compelling for a seeker like me because it puts flesh and blood and human struggle into the difficult path of deepening a meditative practice that transcends textbook descriptions and definitions...more »»
The Conscious Peoplescape of Chiang Mai
(Aug 31, 2019) Returning from Hanoi from a visa-run, I resumed my life back in Chiang Mai and consequently take part in its shifting peoplescape...familiar faces, new ones and distant ones....more »»
Of Winos and Yogis
(Aug 26, 2019) An interesting conversation happened at Boy Blues Bar about winos and yogis....more »»
The 9 Jhanas of Buddha
(Aug 22, 2019) The story has it that in Buddha's quest for enlightenment, he reached up to the 9th Jhana but still came short of liberation. This word Jhana kept coming up in my readings. Curious, I devoted quality reading time to learn more about Jhana.....more »»
Boy Blues Bar Rocks Chiang Mai
(Aug 5, 2019) Frank, a street musician I met at yoga in the park suggested I check out a "Blues bar on the second floor of the Night Bazaar" on a Monday night for the open mic jam. That changed my life in Chiang Mai!....more »»
Back to my Beloved Chiang Mai
(Aug 1, 2019) After a disruptive 5-day visa run to Hanoi, I'm glad to be back again at Nawa Saraan Hotel in my beloved Chiang Mai. As a seasoned traveler, I didn't think I'd feel this way about a place, but given a new lease on life I have here in Chiang Mai, it's one place I'd love to call home.....more »» ARCHIVE:
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