Yoga is a metaphor for all aspects of living. It means union with self. Or union with the Divine. So through the practice of yoga you are actually coming to know yourself. That’s what all living practices of any art form are about. It’s the art of living explored through a practice that gets youRead more
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Perhaps it should be called “the people’s conundrum” because it’s basically human nature. You finally get what you’ve wanted for a long time and, like any new shiny plaything, once you’ve had it for a while, you get bored and want something else. That’s the nature of desire, and that’s also the trap. At oneRead more
Political science professor, Robert E. Kelly’s interview went viral this week. But probably not for the reasons he was hoping. Sure he’s an intelligent expert who knows a lot about South Korean politics. So, naturally, the BBC invited him on as a guest. In this virtually-dominated world, where everything is photo-shopped ”“ from our absRead more
Two things to remember on your journey of being an actor. 1) Famous people crash and burn in auditions. All the time. 2) They don’t apologize for it when they do. And neither should you. And as a bonus ”“ for once and for all ”“ stop taking this entire acting thing so damn seriously.Read more
Acting, Being an Artist, Empowering You, It's OK to FEEL, Just Say Yes | 0 comment | 20 February, 2017 | 0
I often get asked by actors, “What is my homework?” Obviously, if you’re doing a film that takes place in 1917 and is based on a true story of what happened during the Communist Russian Revolution, and you’re playing a famous Bolshevik revolutionary ”“ then duh! of course you’re going to do your homework. ButRead more
If you want to get to where you want to go you have to stop protecting yourself from the unknown. It’s scary, I know. But that’s just the physics of life itself. It’s so constructed that it asks us to embrace that which we can’t understand fully unless we go into the place that revealsRead more
“I’m sick of it.” We’ve all said it. And many of us end up allowing that to become our mantra at some point in our lives when we feel stuck and powerless to change. It becomes the battle cry during rough periods in our career. Or while we’re in a rocky relationship. Or when weRead more
We all want to expand. It’s our nature to do so. But in order to do that, we have to move beyond our comfort zones which are put into place so that we don’t. Because expansion = change. And change, as we all know, is scary. So we shrink back into our safety net ofRead more
Do you ever feel as if every other actor in the world has this magic DNA to be a “star” and that you’re somewhere in this reject pile of boring blandness? Incapable inconsistency? Loser laziness? As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to discover that besides talent (which I believe everyone has equal amounts of), success and a careerRead more
The conundrum of life. We want things. Love. Money. A hot boyfriend. A wedding ring. A nice house. A TV Series. A great agent. We think the things we want will fulfill for us the spaces in our heart that desire connection and fulfillment and joy and creation and love. And at one level they do, but atRead more