BURGER SCOOT

  • Not Quite the Yogi–Yet

    Here are sixteen signs that tell the world you are into yoga from DoYouYoga.com. I’m well below the Seven mark, but some of the other signs appeal to me. Namaste! Read more

  • Noam Chomsky on the New York Times’ Media Bias

    As Tom Engelhardt wrote: “Noam Chomsky is a wonder. In his mid-eighties and still going strong, he’s the anti-Henry Kissinger. He has a must-read piece on how the New York Times covers American acts in the world from Laos to Cuba to Iran. You won’t see anything else like it.” Well put! A front-page article… Read more

  • Some yoga postures for people like me

    I like Downward Facing Dog and Child’s Pose because they address my rounded back–a product of a quarter of a century behind a desk, pounding on a keyboard. I found these postures on Peanut Butter Runner’s Pinterest page. Read more

  • Meditation not ideal for when the rest of the family is asleep

    I can see one problem with adopting this kind of meditation: since I practice in the morning when my wife and son are asleep, this wouldn’t bode well with them. Probably not the dog, either. Still, I find Kundalini yoga meditation interesting. (Not sure about the white getup.) I just finished reading Chakras: Easy Guide… Read more

  • Strike (A Pose): The Union of Yoga | Yoga International

    Not sure how my yoga teachers and friends who happen to be yoga teachers feel about this. Strike (A Pose): The Union of Yoga | Yoga International. Read more

  • Russell Brand: Prospect Magazine’s World’s Fourth Most Influential Thinker

    To conservatives he’s written off because he is a comedian. To the dull he is just plain long winded and doesn’t look the part, so it must be a bunch of B.S. Though he has had written a few books, I’ve only read his latest one Revolution, which seems like a departure from the previous… Read more