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As a student of the ancient philosophies of yoga and a practitioner of permaculture, I often find my self in a paradox. What is more significant, honoring the...

Many of us have become aware of the causes of illness related to food therefore we adopt a healthier diet cutting saturated or hydrogenated fats, sugars, and genetically modified organism’s by shopping organic.

Remember have patience and start with the small steps as you progress. These are some tips you can start with.

Perma-culture . The actual word stands for permanent - culture. It is the living example of an extraordinary lifestyle that designs and implements human living establishments that mimic the patterns of nature to recreate super healthy living environments. By creating such settlements we allow for a replenishing ever-renewing permanent culture rather than a degenerating polluting culture that exploits and diminishes quality of life.

We all wonder what is one action that we can do to become more "green". That may be a daunting question and can often result in leaving us confused and with a feeling of helplessness. One thing that you can do, that can make a world of difference is composting.

Growing our own vegetables is something positive that we can do to reduce our dependance on fossil fuels non renewable energies that are at fault for so much pollution and destruction in our world. Each time we buy our vegetables from the store we must be aware that there is 10 calories of fossil fuels invested in each calorie of food that we consume. Localizing our food production is one of the first steps we can take to becoming an ecological superhuman.

Did you know? That the United Nations has warned of worldwide soil degradationIn North, Central, and South America, soil loss rates average 10-20 tons/per/yrHealthy topsoil is a biological matrix, a housing complex for an incredibly diverse community of organisms billions of beneficial microbes per handful, nitrogen-fixing fungi, nutrients and earthworms whose digestive tracts transform the fine grains of sterile rock and plant detritus into the fertile excrement that gave rise to the word itself ("dirt")Bad degenerative farming practices is stripping and eroding the fertile soils away Topsoil grows back at a rate of an inch or two over hundreds of years. Very slowly.

How can we change our world ? this may be a question that burns inside your heart and mind , It all starts with ethics "a set of concepts that guide us in determining what behavior helps or harms sentient creatures"

From the window I watch the rain fall from the sky, I hear the thunder striking , the earth flowing with fluidity and moisture from the rain. What I am witnessing is the union of Mother Earth & Father Sky , making love to provide life for all that is. The rain provides the water a universal solvent for the seeds to break out of their shell, also to make the nutrients from the soil available for the plants to drink , so that the animals and other creatures may thrive . I am the witness of the sacred interplay of polarity.

As I take a few days to sit and process all the inspiration from the last few months traveling on a mission to sow the seeds for a new Earth and a new culture, I think about the possibilities for us as a people to transcend the limitations of the current social, economic and other organizational systems failures which no longer favor the planet or our well being.

This blog post is part of memoirs of a permaculture yogi on an Earth Odyssey this particular episode is upon my return to the city of lights and the insights that come to me as I shift landscapes from being submerged in a paradise of pristine ecology, crystal clear rivers of peace, the gentle music of nature, the perfect permaculture environment of zero waste, community sharing, homemade, locally grown well mostly everything, homesteading lifestyles and the encounter with the matrix of global mass marketing.

In my last blog post I wrote about a trip into the world of make belief where there is an extortion of the senses through machinery, mass consumerism and the peak of commercial culture this writing described my experience going to Orlando FL and the amusement parks I visited as an invitation to join a family trip.

In 2013 I was chosen along with other 20 people to be an Econaut for an Earth Odyssey with the purpose of serving communities in need of skilled ecological and regenerative design specialist. Instead of traveling in rocket ships we had eco buses that run on veggie oil, capture rainwater and serve as movable facilities for our campgrounds where we would live.

Last weekend I had a wonderful opportunity to teach my workshop Where Earth meets Sky: A Permaculture approach to Yogic living. At I love yoga studio for a healing arts festival. I see permaculture as a healing art not only of the self but the extended self, the environment from who we depend on as a medium to experience life.

Once upon a time I met the women with hearts of colors. While traveling on the Earth odyssey, at the edges of lake Atitlán the most beautiful lake of Central America, at the feet of 3 powerful volcanos there is a small town called Panajachel translates to " Place of White Zapote Trees"

What a wonder-filled adventure it was to be immersed in the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest of Washington State in the county of Sno-ho-mish, “ Sleeping...

Permaculture and Ayurveda both inspire an interplay with nature and energy. Permaculture design aims for living spaces that encompasses garden production...

Wow I must say that during our Permaculture Design Course there was so many wonderful adventures, teaching experiences and enriching information delivered for living...

Ecology is the study of the connectedness among the creatures and landscapes of the Earth, a remarkable cosmic niche intricately connected to the whole of life.