Excerpted from Parabola Spring 2012: The Burning World, by David Ulrich and Laura Dunn Recently, we collaborated on a series of classes in creativity and yoga. “Why?” — is the question we are asked frequently. Why creativity and yoga? Why would a yoga teacher and practitioner (Laura) collaborate in a series of classes with an [...]

“Meditation does not involve discontinuing one’s relationship with oneself and looking for a better person or searching for possibilities of reforming oneself and becoming a better person. The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one’s confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the enlightened point of view. That is [...]

(By David Ulrich, Reposted from The Slender Thread) A sudden answer to a long perplexing problem, a burst of insight that deeply informs your creative work, a moment of wisdom that changes the shape of your life forever or even the fabric of society; these moments are highly inspiring. As artists and creative individuals, we [...]

Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open? -Jalal ad-Din Rumi Waking up and seeing for the first time, again. I am trapped. Sitting in meditation. Moving through asana. Watching. What is seen? The realization that indeed I am trapped. Trapped in thinking. Trapped in doing. Trapped in the habitual, [...]

“And when He sees me in all and sees all in me, Then I never leave Him and He never leaves me. And He, who in this Oneness of Love Loves me in whatever he sees, Wherever He may live, In truth, He lives in me.” -The Bhagavad Gita In a recent dialogue with a [...]

Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well it’s Too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We’re one, but we’re not the same We get to carry each other carry each other [...]

© David Ulrich My earliest memories of finding stillness were not through yoga, but through art. I studied art extensively in high school and in college, and those early experiences with art and creativity likely contributed to my interest in practices like yoga and meditation. During many extensive talks with David Ulrich, a well-regarded photographer, [...]

Hawaii News Now TV spot HONOLULU, HI (April 14, 2011) – “A Prayer For Japan” benefit concert and yoga event raised more than $7000 for the Japanese victims of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. Internationally acclaimed Taiko artist Kenny Endo and Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro performed at the fundraiser, which was held on Friday, [...]

On February 26, Saturday 11 am – 1 pm, Yoko and I will be holding another hopping through and hopping back workshop at Open Space Yoga Monsarrat. Compared to last year, this year’s workshop will be much more asana intensive. We’ll be using ashtanga’s primary series as the framework for understanding how to transition with [...]

This list of meditation centers is far from complete. I tried to limit the list to meditation centers that are free and, for all intents and purposes, non-secular in their approach to meditation instruction. If you know of a school or temple on Oahu that meets those criteria, please email me to have it added [...]