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Caves, Glow-worms, Self-cultivation (Tasmania)

Today's destination: Marakoopa Cave in Mole Creek Karst National Park, Tasmania. 15 minutes drive away. This cave would have taken hundreds of millions of ...

Welcome to Tasmania (Palawa).

The latest leg of our journey: Tasmania (Aussie slang "Tassie", Aboriginal Palawa), Australia. Australia is a notably relaxed place, with vast amounts of sparse...

Adventures on the Australian South Coast

Since November 2017, we have opted to travel Australia rather than reside in Newcastle ("Newy"). We have been driving south from Newy, down the South Coast, and...

Flat Rock Island Walking Track, Australia

My life so far has been relatively travel-intensive, and I have spent the past three years in Australia pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. A PhD tends to...

Harmonizing with Saturn & The Formation of Our Solar System: Mantra Practice

In the video below, I describe my general intentions behind undertaking a practice of reciting 200,000 of the Saturn harmonizing mantra. I also briefly recapitu...

Q&A: "Why do some people have sudden awakenings and others try hard with no results?"

In response to a question posted on social media: "Why do some just awaken one day, while others strive their whole adult lives trying, yet don't feel they are ...

Your Brain on Om: A Brief Intro to the Self-science of Mantra

In response to my first post on yoga and the brain, I received a thoughtful question from a reader: "Why would my brain want to love saying Om?" We have of...

Your Brain on Yoga: A Blueprint for Transformation

 [Originally published on US News Health, 4 September 2013] I began my journey as an aspiring neuroscientist determined to understand the basis of what mak...