it’s a bit after the fact but i will reiterate my sad story one more time for the sake of proserity. in the woods of mt olympic national park, i found the limits of my physical endurance and more. at some point, i remember just reciting mantras so that i focus my attention towards something more meaningful than my petty physical pain. it was definitely a wonderful exercise in transcendance of the body. it’s a different kind of barrier than the one i experience in yoga. whereas in yoga, the barrier is usually mental and usually you […]

this series is a ‘practice’ hike because it’s in prepartion for my 5 day journey to through the mountain pass of mt rainer in washington.