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04/23/2026

04/17/2026

Winds of Change: Yoga & the Vayus
September 27 - October 3, 2026
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM

Join Edie Tsong for a magical week of yoga in the spectacular setting of Ghost Ranch. Our days will be framed by a dynamic morning class and in the evening, a gentle class with music. Spacious afternoons are open to explore the region, relax, or whatever your heart desires. The classes are alignment-based with use of props with support of teachings on the the five vayus (winds): apana, samana, prana, udana, and vyana. These winds govern our prana/life force. Though the retreat is practice-based, we learn one vayu each morning. Sequences build from day to day and classes include meditation, pranayama, and poetry. Participants will leave with tools for grounding and centering and remaining flexible in this rapidly changing world. Participants should have some knowledge of yoga and be in good health.

DM with any questions!

For more info  & registration:
https://www.ghostranch.org/program/g26090408/

04/12/2026

Charles Ross has devoted 50 years to building Star Axis, a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico centered on Earth's north star, Polaris.

03/26/2026

03/18/2026

March 18, 2026

Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:

“I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for.

I have encouraged people to always use their voice. Following the New York Times’ multi-year investigation into s*xual misconduct by Cesar Chavez, I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences.

As a young mother in the 1960s, I experienced two separate s*xual encounters with Cesar. The first time I was manipulated and pressured into having s*x with him, and I didn’t feel I could say no because he was someone that I admired, my boss and the leader of the movement I had already devoted years of my life to. The second time I was forced, against my will, and in an environment where I felt trapped.

I had experienced abuse and s*xual violence before, and I convinced myself these were incidents that I had to endure alone and in secret. Both s*xual encounters with Cesar led to pregnancies. I chose to keep my pregnancies secret and, after the children were born, I arranged for them to be raised by other families that could give them stable lives.

Over the years, I have been fortunate to develop a deep relationship with these children, who are now close to my other children, their siblings. But even then, no one knew the full truth about how they were conceived until just a few weeks ago.

I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life’s work. The formation of a union was the only vehicle to accomplish and secure those rights and I wasn’t going to let Cesar or anyone else get in the way. I channeled everything I had into advocating on behalf of millions of farmworkers and others who were suffering and deserved equal rights.

I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of s*xual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control.

I am telling my story because the New York Times has indicated that I was not the only one — there were others. Women are coming forward, sharing that they were s*xually abused and assaulted by Cesar when they were girls and teenagers.

The knowledge that he hurt young girls sickens me. My heart aches for everyone who suffered alone and in silence for years. There are no words strong enough to condemn those deplorable actions that he did. Cesar’s actions do not reflect the values of our community and our movement.

The farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual. Cesar’s actions do not diminish the permanent improvements achieved for farmworkers with the help of thousands of people. We must continue to engage and support our community, which needs advocacy and activism now more than ever.

I will continue my commitments to workers, as well as my commitment to women’s rights, to make sure we have a voice and that our communities are treated with dignity and given the equity that they have so long been denied.

I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here."

If you are a survivor or if you have been impacted by any type of s*xual violence, please visit the Dolores Huerta Foundation website, where you will find a list of resources for support. https://doloreshuerta.org/s*xual_assault_resources/

Read the full statement and Spanish-language version here: https://medium.com/p/e74c20430555?postPublishedType=initial

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02/14/2026

Booker winner says jury’s argument that art shouldn’t be political is ‘jaw-dropping’

02/07/2026

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01/09/2026

Join me Saturday mornings for an alignment- based Dynamic Practice, 9-10:15am,

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