

Chapter Eleven: Toronto Debacle
The next summer a couple from Toronto contacted me and wondered if I would be willing to cover for them for three months during the...


Chapter Twelve: Second Trip to Victoria
After I returned home, I was still going to go to Victoria for a month during the winter. On November 11th, 2011, a full moon, there was...


Chapter Thirteen: Self Harm
After arriving back in Missoula from Victoria that spring, I wanted to reassimilate myself into the community. I had not been running...


Chapter Fourteen: Wildfire Smoke
During the summer there are wildfires and the air in town becomes very polluted with forest fire smoke. I kept going about my business,...


Chapter Fifteen: Surgery
I was still addicted to the anxiety medication and the Kirtan Woman told me to get off it or never call her again as I was speaking...


Chapter Sixteen: Cyber Social Interaction
I stayed in touch with the LA Woman via Skype as it had become my M O to have a cyber social interaction with a woman. I told the Kirtan...


Chapter Seventeen: Yoga Factory
Finally, he built a huge Shala which was as big as the ones he taught in when he toured. In 2020 I tried again to register, but still...


Chapter Eighteen: Crash and Burn
That spring I spent about four hours a night hacking up garbage out of my lungs. I thought at first it was grass pollen but am confident...


What Am I Doing Here
OMG! I really screwed up my lungs in 2012 when I drilled a hole in a piece of asbestos siding. I really don't know what I was thinking....


I ruined my life by going to India.
Studying yoga in India was a drastic mistake. I had been practicing yoga since 1981 and heard about Ashtanga Yoga when i read Tim...