My honest journey into a 10 silent Vipassana meditation retreat.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.   - Socrates November 1, 2025   Greetings yogis ,   This newsletter is flying out just as I'm landing in India, God willing of course. No one really knows. And what is there to know? We all get so hung up trying to know  something. These days I'd much rather give a big kiwi-eating grin right in the face of uncertainty—not taunting it, but sincerely acknowledging the fact that I know… nothing.   Knowing and certainty only so

We humans also consist of patterns. They form the very fabric and tapestry of our identities—individually and collectively. They have been systematically, often without question, woven into everything we do and how we perceive our surroundings. We are culturally conditioned into the thought forms that create our reality. Some of them may have once served, but many no longer do.

The early morning hath gold in its mouth. – Benjamin Franklin September 1, 2025   Greetings yogis ,   It's 4 AM, and I am wide awake, having dreamt long enough—in more ways than one. I gaze up through the skylight just in time to catch a shooting star streak across the night sky. That's my cue. I roll over to Lauren and whisper "yolo"  in her ear, then quietly slip out of bed, put on some warm clothes, boil water for my thermos, and fumble around for my shoes in the dark. The