Maybe going against the grain is in my genes, in my blood. My parents fought for a more just system, a more open and democratic system all their lives back in Hungary. I remember going out to the peaceful demonstrations that preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall. My university years in San Diego back in the 1990’s, was not exactly the era of protesting. Those were the times of Wall Street high and absolute bliss. While most of my classmates were busy applying to business schoo

Listen now I awaken to my alarm, hear the rain on the roof, and slowly open my eyes. Rolling out of bed, I navigate the hallway toward the kitchen (and coffee!) and do my usual morning dance with Panni, my standard poodle–the one where we trip over each other until I surrender and give him his well-deserved morning ear scratch. Once comforted by the sound of the coffee maker, I grab my rain jacket and take the dogs outside. Panni, the king of the country! Even though this is

Notice how black and white images make you feel when they do not focus Listenon sexual body parts. Listen now What is in an image? Can beauty be harmful? When is an image information, art or communication? When does an image fill us with beauty, and when does it demand expectations or communicate standards. What are the roles of images in our modern culture of yoga? To answer that question one must first look at history to understand our current nature. I will start my essay