Below is an email I received from someone asking me about how I dealt with my forced inactivity after my Mount Owen Avalanche Event. My response is below V’s email… Hi Stephen, Thanks for keeping your blog, its a good diversion from my current horizontal life. I am writing to ask you about your experience [...]
Coping With Injury
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Instruction, Interpersonal Communication, mountain athlete, risk
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Saka Dawa
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Communication, Instruction
Today, June 7th, is one of the most important in the entire Tibetan Buddhist calendar. This whole lunar month is called Saka Dawa. It is the special month in which the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana all occur. In particular, the full moon day, or 15th day (June 7th), marks one of the holiest days in [...]
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Metta
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Fatherhood, Interpersonal Communication
“Metta is the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others” and is something I do with Axl as I rock with him post reading, prior to bedtime. It is something I learned during one of several meditation retreats that I have attended through my sangha, Teton Sangha (http://www.tetonsangha.com/), by John Travis of Mountain [...]
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