The Slacker Life

Mar

24

REDEFINING BALANCE PR 2014 ~ getting trashy in paradise

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“look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” ­ – Albert Einstein REDEFINING BALANCE PUERTO RICO ~ adventure retreats in paradise filled with surfing, yoga, rock climbing, slacklining, AcroYoga, Thai Massage and… trash collection?! Yup, we got a little trashy this year…and it felt darn good! Every year these retreats seem to rise […]

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Feb

29

Cows – the next level of slacklining…

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Perhaps it was Andy Lewis’s stellar slackline appearance during Madonna’s equally impressive Super Bowl half time show.Or maybe it was simply due to a lack of waves…regardless of the motivation, my dear friend Kadri DB Kurgun and I were inspired one sunny morning in Rincon, Puerto Rico to do a slackline photo shoot in a […]

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Oct

14

First Official NYC Meeting of Slacker Stylz

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Yesterday was the first official slacker stylz meeting on Brooklyn Boulders turf where the regular YogaSlackers eLine set up was joined by the Gibbon line for some wild style tandem slacklining madness. I was joined by Gibbon team member Josh Greenwood for an epic 3hr slackline session where we shared tricks, styles and tips for […]

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Sep

27

For Money or Mangoes…the slacker life

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mangoes fresh from the tree ~ nature’s currency For Money or Mangoes… After a phenomenal summer of road trips, teacher trainings, festivals, surfing, climbing, biking, and recently returning from big walls in Yosemite and a YogaSlackers reunion in Estes Park, I can honestly say this has been one of the best seasons of my life. […]

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Jun

06

First Ever YogaSlackers Teacher Training: 23 New Jedi Ninja Warriors Ready to Unleash the Force…

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Some thought it could never be done. Others questioned what we would teach and why? But despite the non-believers, YogaSlackers went forth and delivered the first ever official teacher training, probably one of the most vigorous and diversified out there, with great success. This marked the first time that all of the original YogaSlackers from […]

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Jan

14

53 hOMes & 25 keys – a moving meditation of remembrance & trying to remember

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If you have a New Years resolution I hope it is still serving you well. If you’d like to resolve to be happier in 2011 (especially if you are on the East Coast and continuously getting hit by snow storms, high winds and ice), I encourage you to try making a list of what you […]

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Sep

14

10 steps to being an eco-slacker

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(view full size here) Photo by Sean O’Connor http://photos.freesolophotography.com/     “consumption is one of the ways we are all addicts. We consume to fill a void” -Julia Butterfly Hill   I’ll admit it…I don’t understand shopping, especially when considering what is actually being offered in the majority of stores. It’s always hard for me to […]

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Aug

09

Slacker Rockstars for a day

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Despite the sirens from the approaching emergency vehicles, the big rental truck in my blind spot was determined not to let us in his lane as we entered the merge to get off the exit and sit in even more traffic trying to get to Cape Cod MA on a Saturday (a drive that should […]

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Jul

15

Chose your own adventure…

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On some days it seems like I could flip a coin and decide to keep on traveling, living like a vagabond and partaking in some of the greatest experiences with amazing people around the world…or I could find a nice place to settle, buy some land, set up a yurt with a garden, have a […]

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Jun

20

Slackin’ on Printing Costs – do it yourself sweatshop

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I’ve done the math before and it never seems to add up that the typical cost of having t-shirts professionally printed justifies the amount of time put into making them and thus compensates people accordingly. Annie Leonard noted this process quite effectively (and with really cute animated characters) in her Story of Stuff video and […]

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