Travel

Guatemala or New York?

At a fork in the road, looking to the hummingbirds

Aug 6 •

Leaving the commune

Dreaming of a New Earth while learning to live in this one

Jul 30 •

Sifting Through the Past at Kulen Mountain and Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Exploring Cambodia's painful history while visiting some of its most significant sites

May 21 •

Coming Home at Hari Hara Center For Awakening

A beautiful and deep journey into the essence of practice and devotion: my week outside of space and time at Hari Hara in Siem Reap, Cambodia

May 15 •

Up From the Mud: Lessons From the Lotus

A visit to a local sustainable lotus farm, plus the miraculous tale of a lost shoe and a rainy day in the Cambodian countryside.

May 7 •

Ruins, Trees, Stories, and Song

My journey to Siem Reap and Cambodia's majestic Angkor temples

Feb 14 •

Floating Bungalows

Notes on liberating my wild self through inner child work, written in a floating house on a lake in Khao Sok National Park, Thailand

Jan 12 •

A Year of Travel in 50 Books

I read 50 books and traveled for 8 months in 2024. Here's a diary of that year, one book at a time.

Jan 9 •

Liminal Spinning

Notes from the peculiar week between Christmas and New Years', and from the juncture between the end of a journey and the start of a new one

Dec 29, 2024 •

What is tantra?

Learning the truth about one of the most misunderstood spiritual practices of all

Dec 23, 2024 •

Zen Koans and Sufi Whirling

Self-inquiry and whirling dervishes on the island of Koh Phangan, Thailand

Dec 1, 2024 •

Screaming the Way to Stillness: Osho Dynamic Meditation

My next stop on my quest to find stillness: screaming my head off for ten minutes on the island of Koh Phangan

Nov 27, 2024 •

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