The Cobbler Who Refused the King's Court
A Daoist parable about turning down the promotion.
Simplify Mindfulness
a quiet room on a loud internet
A Three-Step Practice for the End of Every Workday
How to actually leave the office, even when it follows you home.
Daily: Begin the Day With One Sentence in a Notebook
Not a journal entry. Just a sentence.
On the Tyranny of "What Have You Built Lately?"
A small culture-wide question that has been asked badly for too long.
The Most Useful Yoga Pose I Know
One pose. Two minutes. The single thing I would teach a new student before anything else.
Daily: Stretch Before the Phone
One small reordering of the morning.
Book Notes: The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
A trauma psychiatrist on why the body remembers what the mind has buried — and what to do about it.
Solstice: The Longest Day, the Smallest Practice
A short note for the day the year tilts back toward the dark.