“Self consciousness is the indispensible means to enlightenment; at the same time it is the greatest obstacle in the way.” -Aldous Huxley
I live among teenagers, which brings me into intimate contact with the often crippling kind of self consciousness that awakens in the human mind during adolescence. The experience of being seen in these years swings between a primal desire and a punishing...
“Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.” -Rick Riordan
Fairness is a value construct that is inborn into all of us. Even the smallest of children recognize and bear witness to experiences of injustice among their peers. This very human urge towards making things fair is one of the fundamental ways that love acts as a currency in life. All of...
In part 4 of our series on standing poses, Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, and Caitlin Young, yoga instructor, demonstrate the Tree & Eagle pose.
“We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience.” -The Buddha
Here is one of the great truths of life that many of us are missing in the constant search for something new- is that experience alone too often leaves us empty. Instead, it is our attention, curiosity and opening that we bring to our life experiences that make them the powerful source of transformation that they...
In part 3 of our series on standing poses, Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, and Caitlin Young, yoga instructor, demonstrate the Warrior 2 & Goddess Warrior Pose.
“We must love one another or die.” -W. H. Auden
A near tragedy was averted by love this week in a Georgia elementary school when the school’s bookkeeper was able to connect with love to a troubled, angry, lonely young man who could no longer bear the weight of being unloved. He arrived with a loaded gun and enough additional ammunition to kill everyone in his path. He was accustomed to being...
Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, and Caitlin Young, yoga instructor, detail the importance & benefits of Downward Dog in this episode of this video series on yoga for sexual health.
I am a big believer following my why. Many days I don’t know how I am going to solve the problem in front of me, how I am going to come up with the money to take the next step, how I am going to make it work. It is easy to get stuck on the how. I have to work to stay away from wanting the answers to the hows and focus on the why. Meditation helps pull me back into myself so I can hear the small...
Dr. Robert Augustus Masters educates us on the benefits of “knowing your shadow;” making allies out of your anger, fear and shame.
Visit TheOpeningDoor.org Saturday at 9am PST to listen to the full interview.
In part 2 of our series on yoga sex benefits and standing poses, Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, and Caitlin Young, yoga instructor, demonstrate the Goddess Pose. Watch episode 1 Benefits of Sun Salutationonline today.
“When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.” ― P.D. Ouspensky
Asleep at the wheel is an expression that can too easily become an accurate description of how we move through our days and show up in our relationships. Our senses become dulled and we don’t smell or taste what we consume, we hurry through the simple practices of hygiene never feeling our hands running...
I am so excited to have won a spot at the upcoming SOCAP conference for Social Entrepreneurs. This group of social innovators, investors and entrepreneurial minds is dedicated to increasing the flow of capital to social good.
It takes place in San Francisco the first week of September.
For my life at Good Clean Love has been a journey of building a tribe and promoting the power of healthy vital...
