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Watching the sun set from beneath palm trees at a peaceful yoga ashram in Kerala, India

Meditation, culture, & yoga: Ashram life in Southern India

Added on February 10, 2013 by Jessica Yurasek.

My foot is asleep. No, I take that back. My entire leg is asleep. A numb tingling sensation that reminds me of childhood gymnastics shoots upwards through my body. I have been sitting cross-legged in silent meditation, wrapped in the darkness of early morning for satsang (sanskrit for in the company of the "highest truth") since 6:00AM. Given my current inability to feel my legs, I'm not sure things are quite so enlightening right now.

Giant buddhas in the Jogyesa Temple, Seoul

Buddha vs. the American military, opposite ends of Korea

Added on November 7, 2012 by Jessica Yurasek.

One of my favorite moments in Seoul was stumbling upon a little art festival hosted by the Jogyesa Buddhist temple. I was wandering through the markets of Insadong weaving through all this:

New Zealand, opposites, & curiosities

Added on May 2, 2012 by Jessica Yurasek.

When traveling to the other side of the world you lose a day, poof, just like that. In the land of kiwi birds, you must embrace oddities and opposites. For example, it is practically summertime back home in Los Angeles, but here in the southern hemisphere red autumn-colored leaves smell fresh and crispy, and a winter chill is threatening. Other curiosities I have found thus far: soap nuts (little bags of nut shells used to launder clothes), Farmville (the real place) and Teacupland. Also there is this: driving.