About: Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com

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A second-gen American Buddhist, Waylon plans on writing a best-selling novel, serving as our 46th President, growing up and settling down and bearing 12 red-headed chill'n...and taking a long bath tonight with dwell, The Sunday NY Times, The New Yorker and a glass of Talisker with one ice cube. Waylon was born in Boulder, Colorado. His parents—dad a Country fan, mom a teacher at the fledgling Naropa University—named him after Beat poet Philip Whalen, an early mentor, and Waylon Jennings, the bad boy of 70's country and voice of Dukes of Hazzard. 'Homer' Waylon moved through early stardom in Little League baseball and on to Vermont, where he attended the Dead Poets-like (but, God bless, co-ed) St. Johnsbury Academy while living at Karmê Chöling, a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center with monks shuffling down the halls. He moved on to Boston University, one of the best magazine J-schools in the country, where he spent months on end writing lively obituaries for a former editor-in-chief of The Christian Science Monitor. After working a miserable stint at Shambhala Publications, our young man went back West, helping Shambhala Mountain Center raise $12.5 million and grow its program offerings and marketing. Finally, coming full-circle, Waylon attended a whole semester at Naropa's Jack Kerouac Writing School. It was back in Boulder that he got involved in the fledgling Yoga in the Rockies, which never quite took flight. Picking up the pieces, Waylon renamed the rag, expanded the editorial focus (and thus advertising reach) and, six years later, is at the helm of the best magazine this side of spiritual materialism, 'elephant,’ which is available on newsstands from sea to shining sea.

Posts by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com:


The 16th Karmapa: The Lion’s Roar & other videos of the late, great Tibetan Buddhist teacher.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2010

When I was a…

Need Big Favor.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2010

If you're on Facebook,…

Spiritual Mind, Buff Body?

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 7, 2010

Ken Wilber, famous Integral philosopher,…

What is ele’s Readers’ Favorite Boulder Yoga Studio? Vote.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 5, 2010

Reader Voting Ends February…

Focus on the Super Bowl. {Plus, the infamous, innocuous Tebow ad}

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 4, 2010

Update: Here's the rather innocuous…

Farewell, Alex King.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 4, 2010

An Elephantian Gentleman. We…

Unhappy Hipsters.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 4, 2010

Dwell Magazine photos, re-captioned to…

Co-op Coop.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 3, 2010

Why Urban Chickens? Have…

Homemaker Buddha.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Feb 1, 2010

Meditation practice isn't for monks…

It’s…The Dovekins! Walk the Talk Show w/Waylon Lewis, hosted by Naropa University.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 27, 2010

Video: Una Morera, Alex…

Connect with Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal on LinkedIn.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 23, 2010

Connect with Waylon Lewis and…

F**k you Ted from the People of Massachusetts.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 17, 2010

The brilliant above image…

I’m so green…yo momma bikes to my yurt for our love trysts.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 14, 2010

Uh, yeah, that's the…

Will James Cameron come clean!?

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 7, 2010

Bitter/bored old white man…

Is American Apparel Sexist?

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 6, 2010

American Apparel goes all…

Nature is Boring…Boring…Boring… …via Vice Magazine.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Jan 6, 2010

Hipster v. Hippie: elephant…

How much $$$ would it take for you to censor the Dalai Lama?

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Dec 30, 2009

Because other people's right…

The World’s Most Profound Musical Achievement. Video.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Dec 28, 2009

Tommy Seebach: the Epitome…

Memorrrrieeeees…

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Dec 28, 2009

As New Year's Eve approaches,…

Me wanty.

by Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Dec 27, 2009

Eco Vintage Re-used iPhone…