Category Archives: Travels

Nobody Listening to Nothing

While in Hong Kong back in September, Richard gave a talk to a group of yoga practitioners and teachers on the subject of “nada” or sacred sound. He discussed “doing dristi through our ears” and the art of absorption into the immediate senses as a means of waking up from a disembodied state.  At this […]

Chicago … October 8, 2007

Rumor has it that Richard is about to re-materialize in Boulder this week!

It’s not a done deal, and there haven’t been any recent sightings, so don’t hold your kumbhaka. But he is planning to teach his regularly scheduled Yoga Workshop classes, starting this Thursday morning, so you could do the simple mudra of keeping your […]

Estes Park, CO … September 24, 2007

Teaching at the Yoga Journal conference at Estes Park is a completely different experience than it is traveling to teach at a studio–especially one in South East Asia–for a week or weekend. First off, Richard can, and does

Hong Kong … September 17, 2007

Hong Kong is just a quick flight away, so within a couple of hours, Richard had moved from the mostly Chinese city of Taipei, to one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Hong Kong, having gained independence from Britain only ten years ago, is an amazing mix of cultures, ethnic perspectives and […]

Taipei, Taiwan … September 9, 2007

After almost two weeks in Thailand with teaching, practicing yoga, great food, resting and a sprinkling of site seeing shaping the days, Richard headed out to Taipei. Taking a puddle jumper from Koh Samui to Bangkok, there was time to reflect on how the new fusion of yoga–reflecting the ancient tradition of the practice with […]

Koh Samui, Thailand … August 2007

After 36 hours in transit (which we don’t have documented here because we didn’t want to initiate our blog with horror photos), Richard arrived in Koh Samui and the Yoga Thailand Retreat Center. And that’s where the travel nightmare seamlessly merged into the heavenly realm, the perfect antidote for jet lag and modern life.