Author Archives: John

Wall Street Journal : “Why Relaxing Is Hard Work”

Actually, I hope all of you see the humor in this. The Wall Street Journal, the publication that brings high-pressure, breaking news to businesses all around the world actually did some research into why the relaxing is so difficult. Hardworking writer, Melinda Beck, writes a humorously well-research article on what stops the mind from leaving the [...]
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A Wonderful Warming Idea: Mid-Winter Recipes.

Photo Credits: Sprittibee Good grief, it’s the middle of winter. If you can’t warm your heart up with a bit nice sunshine, maybe we can help you out by pointing out these lovely winter recipes that you can try out. I’ve personally tried out the Easy Hot and Sour Soup and it’s absolutely divine for [...]
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Twenty-Ten! ABOUT TIME! Happy New Year!

TWENTY-TEN. Congratulations on surviving the 1st decade of the new millennium, now welcome to the next. MAY THIS YEAR GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESERVE AND DESIRE. Here’s a picture of the last sunset of the year from Seminyak Beach, Bali. Here’s what I’d really like to do for 2010: Live in 100% state of [...]
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Are our children losing touch with nature?

Have kids lost touch with the natural world? One of my heros, Sir David Attenborough, brilliant naturalist, documentary film-maker, and at one point, head of programming for the BBC would be one of the great minds that would inspire the Sacred Scenery project to happen. And it’s when a hero of this calibre sounds a [...]
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Guest Post: Letting Technology Renew Our Connection to Nature

Among other things, my friend Tom Mulally is an American expat living in Bali, Indonesia. We both met at a restaurant here in Seminyak. He’s got a wonderful and enthusiastic personality, he’s astonishingly well-travelled, and he’s also one of the biggest evangelists for personal freedom on the planet. We’ll definitely be talking more about Tom [...]
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Christmas, Love, and Blizzards.

Dreaming on a Calm Christmas One of the things that I’m very grateful for being in Bali, is how quiet it is over this normally hectic season. Having migrated here from some of the biggest cities in the world, it’s a welcome relief not to have a commercial Christmas forced down your throat. Which leaves [...]
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Meditations: Tidal Pools & Impermanence. (10 Photos)

Highly recommended activity: meditating at a tidal pool. One of my favorite places to meditate is on a secret beach about 40 minutes away from Seminyak, the part of Bali where I live. We trek there before sunrise, just as the sky starts to turn blue from a starlit blackness. The air is wet with [...]
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It’s my birthday. Sunrise photos on me!

Holy Mola! Just saw lots of people coming in from Reddit.com! GREETINGS NARWHAL BACON. I LOVE REDDIT. 4 Royalty + Copyright Free Sunrise Photographs. A quick note. It’s my birthday today and I decided to spend the day in happy gratitude for all the comments, emails, and suggestions that I’ve been receiving over the past [...]
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So what do you think of your first portable sunrise?

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK We’d love to know how you’re finding our very first video. Your feedback is valuable to us to be able to help produce better content each time. How are you using the video? How does it make you feel? Do you get much sun where you are? I love you [...]
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5 + 1 ways you can best use your portable sunrise.

Congratulations! Now you have a portable sunrise. If you don’t already have it, you can either sign up on the box to the right to download it, or check your email for the special download link that we send to everyone who signs up for our updates. Here are some ideas that you can use [...]
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