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How the Occupy Movement can deal with conflict
We are failing in our culture from a lack of imagination. And what we’re achieving here is space for imagination. Shot on Nov 6, 2011 at Occupy Vancouver.
Love & Shadow in the Occupy Movement
This video is a taste of the upcoming feature documentary, Occupy Love. This is a community funded film. Help us rush this film to the theatres and onto the streets. We know we have something amazing on our hands, that
The Building Blocks of Personality
Drawn from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, Michael lights up the roots of suffering, the 5 klesas, and the building blocks of personality. With guest appearances by Angelina Jolie, Maggie Chung, Tony Leung, Faye Dunaway, Brad Pitt and Darth Vader.
No System Exists in a Vacuum
Interview by Vincent Horn of Buddhist Geeks. We speak about the interrelations between spiritual systems and the sociological, ecological, and cultural systems that also make up our lives. We also explore what it means for dharma to be in concert
Class: February 3, 2011
The following is a transcript of a year-long series Michael Stone gave on bringing ethical awareness into every-day life. These talks were given in a large warm loft space across from Trinity Bellwoods Park in downtown Toronto. There were regularly
A Letter
Dear Michael, …I watched my partner’s spine and breathing. I watched him. Breathing. All day. I watched him breathe in front of me. I watched and I breathed and I was totally, totally silent. Then at the end of the
No Priests, No Temples: Yoga and the Practice of Change featured in Briarpatch Magazine
Many activists practice yoga, but few would describe their yoga practice as a form of activism or treat their activism as an expression of their yoga practice. Michael Stone is working to change that. An unapologetic misfit in almost any
Meditations at the ringed fence around G20 Toronto
When I search for an image to describe the core of my spiritual practice, the one that presses up through the other narratives of my life is this one: June 26, 2010, carrying my six-year-old son away from a burning
Day One: Ethics
First Words This course that you’re about to undertake is a practice, and the way that I think about practice is that it takes your ideals – and all of us here probably have some high ideals – and actually
Taking Care of Ourselves, Taking Care of the World
How can we live a life fully engaged with the suffering of the world while also taking care of ourselves? A dharma talk on integrating yoga and Buddhism.
Feed the Yogi
RS: What does it mean to have a yoga practice that includes all aspects of daily life and how does one go about making that happen or being mindful of that? MS: So many people define yoga as a verb.
Anarchy of Yoga
An interview by Christopher McCann, Ascent Magazine, 2007 With a background in psychology & a dedication to yoga tradition, Michael Stone is poised to become an important voice in yoga. Michael Stone and I walk through his backyard toward the
About the Community Library
Michael was a great archivist and the Community Library was—and continues to be—a labour of love. Everything in the Community Library is available for free. Anyone, anywhere can have instant access to material that will help them deepen their practice and contribute to a culture of compassion and collaboration.
Libraries are places where we gather alone together. They are known to be places of refuge for seekers, as well as those who are marginalized. This library is no different. It helps us nourish our beautiful, international community without walls. Now, it will also help keep Michael’s legacy alive.