Flourishing and the Wisdom of Aging

The workshop on The Art of Flourishing at the Longboat Key Educational Center on Sat. went very well. The audience -- who ranged in age from late sixties to late eighties -- were very thoughtful and asked great questions. It reminded me that our culture wastes a precious resource when we don't value the potential wisdom of aging. We need to seek out opportunities to support, draw on, and nourish this.

Talk on The Art of Flourishing

I am speaking on the Art of Flourishing tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at the Columbia University Club of NY (15 West 43rd Street). There is a reception at 6:30 followed by my talk at 7. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, followed by a book signing: http://www.columbiaclub.org/events-pages/2011/Events-current_month.html

Flourishing and Idleness

A thought-provoking blog by Alex Gallo-Brown that might inspire us to try to create more space in our harried, financially-strapped lives to dream and play: http://therumpus.net/2011/11/the-devilishness-of-idleness/

How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body

Here's a link to an article that focuses on the potential injuries that can occur practicing yoga. (How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body: www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can). While one-sided, it illuminates dangers that are worth paying attention to. What it doesn't say -- and people need to consider -- is that all activities and systems of thought from meditation and religion, to running and psychotherapy are two-sided: they have the power to help or harm, depending on how awarely they are practiced...

Animals and Humans

Here's an article on the emerging interest in animals and their relations to humans: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/science/animal-studies-move-from-the-lab-to-the-lecture-hall.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share

Animal Studies Move From the Lab to the Lecture Hall
www.nytimes.com