Ideas & Insights

Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon (Part 1)

We watched the sunset over the Vermillion Cliffs of Northern Arizona. From Zion earlier that morning, we ascended 4000 feet into the Boreal forest and...

Our Results Will Bear Fruit

Whatever a person does, the results will follow him to the farthest reaches. There is nowhere, not on earth or in the sky, that the...

What to Pack for a 1-2 week Camping Trip with Kids: Clothes and Personal Items

“You must have been planning this trip for a long time”, a woman said to me the other day. “Well actually, no I haven’t, we...

Coyote Raven Scorpion Familiar

Sun rays appeared at the horizon. It was close to 600 a.m. and I was standing in tadasana, breathing in and out. Ujjayi. Dirga. I...

What to Pack in Your Backpack for Kids

We have been camping our way across the United States, staying at National Parks, spending most of our time in the Western parts of the...

Oh The Sky. What Beauty Is This?

I never understood how the Greeks could see Gods in the stars. The constellations have always appeared blurred and without detail, a leap of faith...

Grove of the Patriarchs Meditation

We hiked in the Grove of the Patriarchs today. The fir and hemlock reached 300 feet into the sky forming a canopy overhead, teeming with...

What We See Before Us…Fire Meditation at Mt. Rainier

What we see before us can be the deepest meditation. A brief lull in the pouring rain at 7000 feet above sea level, approaching Sunrise...