Journal

The tree that gives without falling
On the cork oak of the Mediterranean, and the rare kind of tree that gives you something without dying. Read more...
The mat before the mat
A short history of yoga. Where the practice began, how it traveled, and the surprising truth that the yoga mat is younger than most of us. Read more...
What dogs know before we do
On what forty thousand years of living alongside us has taught them, and why your dog is closer to you on the days you didn't tell her anything was wrong. Read more...
On sitting still
A short history of meditation. Where the practice actually came from, why it has lasted two and a half thousand years, and why you don't need an app to begin. Read more...
What five years of the same walk taught me
A note from the circle. On walking the same three streets every morning for five years, and being paid back slowly in ways a more exciting life would have never allowed. Read more...
The month I gave up my phone
A note from the circle. On losing a friend, putting the phone in a drawer, and finding the version of yourself that was there before. Read more...
What quiet costs
On saying no to the investor call, and the honest tradeoffs of building slowly in a market that rewards loud. Read more...
The morning I stopped setting an alarm
On trading the alarm on my phone for the alarm sitting at the foot of my bed with a wagging tail. Read more...
What Juno taught me about paying attention
On the muscle we've been quietly losing for the last fifteen years, and the golden retriever who is teaching me how to get it back. Read more...
It started with a quiet morning
The morning I understood what Blooma was before it had a first customer, a first order, or a name I could say out loud. Read more...