Facebooking to Health

There’s a very curious phenomenon at work within the expat community on this island, and in particular when it comes … More

Saturday Night Soak

My plans last night were simple: stay home and read. Then I got a text message from J, and everything … More

The Freedom to Float

A few days ago, in the midst of a morning meditation with friends J & N, this vision appeared to … More

My Haj to Hay

Deep in the heart of rural Lombok, far from where tourists tread, past dozens of mosques and minarets, passing rice … More

We’ve Got the (Cocoa) Powder!

If you’re a diehard chocoholic like me, might I suggest that you pass on the packaged highly-processed stuff at your … More

Ditch the Drugs

The all-too-familiar gurgling in my stomach began earlier this week, on my way back from drinking green tea with rice … More

Up In Smoke

I smoked yesterday. What I really mean is that, thanks to a combination of long needles, smoking guns and incense-like … More

The Benefits of Tjokolate

Since I arrived in Ubud nearly one year ago, many people have recommended an assortment of healers to me. The … More

Fountain of Life

I’m lying on my bed after completing yet another pilgrimage down to Nyuh Kuning, to my weekly stint at the … More

Two Solitudes

Awakened this morning by a strange-sounding rooster, I looked out to the cloudy skies. The first sentence that came into … More