Year To Live Project: Darkness Part 2 – Bum Showers & Panic Attacks

Last week I shared my introduction to Mahadevi Ashram in Guatemala. To Bhakti, the Ashram Golden Retriever and official sock thief. To Team Pantene, the Karma Yogis who run the day-to-day activities of the ashram and to Arpita and Arjuna, the awe inspiring, heart-centered brainchildren behind the entire establishment. It was also my introduction to […]

Year To Live Project: Welcome To Darkness

Brunettes have historically been my downfall. Thus, I was surprised when I walked into Mahadevi Ashram in the lush Tzununa Canyon of Guatemala and a blonde instantly stole my heart. Her name was Bhakti, which is the Sanskrit word for devotion, and she owned me with her coy, over the shoulder, “I really shouldn’t be […]

Year To Live Project: The Dark Space

June 12 – Lake Atitlan, Guatemala I’m out of the darkness as of last Sunday, and back in the light. It’s been about a week or reorientation, and re-emersion. From a day of nausea and excruciating dizziness, to fatigue, headaches, and sleep challenges. My system on the physical level has gotten back on track. My time […]

Year To Live Project: Gratitude & Phone Addiction

May 2 – San Diego, CA I think I am addicted to my phone. The thought weighs on me. I’ve been addicted to things before and know the pull. I know the obsessive thinking and the anxiety. It’s there. Fuck. If I take my fundamental Year to Live Project question seriously, “What would I really do if […]

Year To Live Project: Couchphobia

April 21, 2016 – Santa Fe, NM I frequently get asked where I’m going to end up settling down when the Year To Live Project is complete come January 1, 2017 and my year of travel concludes. It’s a light-hearted question subject to playful answers. Where to live? Where to settle down for the next […]