About: Brian Culkin

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Brian Culkin is a playwright, writer, artist, activist, Vinyasa yoga teacher, Gestalt practitioner, and a senior consultant for the Open Mind Training Institute consulting businesses and leading workshops around the world. He is the owner of Jai Yoga a small yoga studio in Boston but is currently living and working in Oslo, Norway. He was an All American basketball player in college and briefly professionally in Europe as well as a short career as an executive in the finance industry. His first play, No One Leaves This Place Dead, is available on amazon.com You can read more about him at www.brianculkin.com
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How to Think About War if you’re a Yogi.

by on Jan 11, 2012

I have experienced many practitioners of yoga to have systematically divorced their theoretical approach of matters pertaining to war and violence with actual application, instead holding certain principals of Indian philosophy as an abstraction for some remote time in the future versus the extremely dangerous situation we find ourself in today as a planetary culture.

In Defense of Ayn Rand.

by on Nov 20, 2011

My personal belief is that the philosophy of Rand, when applied on a higher plane that also includes a deeper sense of spirituality, can easily be aligned with Buddhism, Yoga or any other philosophical system that embodies the human potential...

The Freedom Trap. Part 2

by on Jul 30, 2011

We as a society have a very strange and peculiar idea of freedom. This is very evident in our leaders and the policies they are currently evolving and putting in place. It is exists in ignorance equally from both the left and right. We are stepping further and further into this trap.

On Human Potential

by on Jul 25, 2011

The two basic factors of potential are: Intelligence and Life Force. For the full range of human potential to be realized there would have to be some kind of coordinated effort of both fields.

The Freedom Trap.

by on Jul 1, 2011

Freedom is apparently not fixed. It only exists in a kinetic state, changing, transforming and constantly altering. It is an ability of the self-generated purpose to create...

Zen Basketball.

by on Jun 30, 2011

The athlete that doesn't meditate and doesn't have a mindfulness practice is a liability to himself and a liability to his team...

If Men Were Like Ants.

by on Jun 21, 2011

A spiritually enlightened society would be both free and unequal. It would allow each and every being to live at the highest manifestation of their potential, economically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually...

Being-ness And Becoming-ness. Do You Know The Difference?

by on Jun 9, 2011

So many people have these two concepts confused and don't realize the monumental difference between individuality and identity. One is the source of all the greatness, beauty, and creativity in the world. The other is the primary source of suffering. They are very different...

Will Big Government Take Over Yoga Like It’s Taking Over Everything Else?

by on May 19, 2011

To truly observe what is taking place in America should be a wake up call to anyone who wants to be free. To anyone who wants to be responsible for their own existence. To anyone who wants to create their own future to better themselves, their relationships, the groups they are part of, and the world as a whole...


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