From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Yoga according to David Williams

by chas on December 10, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc note: while the non-doc continues to ponder sleep, we’ve dug up this ancient document from his formative years. If It Hurts, You Are Doing It Wrong When he first began to teach yoga in the early 70’s, David Williams was told that the “the [...]

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the gift economy

by chas on December 9, 2008

the erotic life of property how’s that for an attention grabber? In his brilliant book The Gift: The Erotic Life of Property, Lewis Hyde points to two types of economies. In a commodity (or exchange) economy, status is accorded to those who have the most. In a gift economy, status is accorded to those who give the most [...]

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announcement! gift certificates

by chas on December 8, 2008

see? up there at the top of the page? it says gifts. push that button. i dare you!

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why we do what we do if the purpose of the monday morning motivator is to set up a map of the coming week; goals, things to do, dreams to manifest; then it is helpful to begin with a context, something that points to a larger vision of what the heck we want to do [...]

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friday afternoon update! 8

by chas on December 5, 2008

fit hits shan! rowan, my three and a half year old, has been working the countdown lately, something like “ready, set git, go!” in that spirit i’m talking about the week when the fit hit the shan! and that would be this week, of course, as it is friday and that’s what we do on [...]

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8 minutes

by chas on December 2, 2008

announcing creative lifestyles, llc that’s me, my yoga mat, my thai bodywork mat, and my website. what i want to talk about today is how i got to be where i am, where the heck i am, and why it could make a difference in your life, and the lives of many that you hold [...]

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monday morning motivator!

by chas on December 1, 2008

monday morning motivator: the why good morning and welcome to the monday morning motivator. since this is a new project and you are taking the time to be involved, i thought i would take a moment to fill you in on my motivation for starting this thing up. seven weeks ago (7 weeks already?!) i [...]

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