Posted by Gurnam Singh Saini
Do you find yourself constantly at the opposite end of being calm, relaxed and centered? If so you are probably familiar with the feeling of being stressed out, angry, or even out of whack with your whole body. Don't worry if you do, we all feel like that at times. Experiencing i...
Posted by Tabatta Frez
The Earth is full! It's full of us, it's full of our stuff. We may be smart, but our intelligence has created too much stuff and has saturated our world and there is no going back. We have a momentum... of only going forward and create even more stuff and more people. The Earth is limited, we onl...
Posted by Josh Redford
Probably no surprise to most as I've been debating about it for a few weeks, but I must stop the majority of my Isara volunteering after this week. I'll be moving to ST apartments so someone else that can put in more hours can have my bed. It was a difficult decision. Isara is so a...
Posted by Josh Redford
Natalie and I had the pleasure to participate in an English camp hosted by the former Isara teachers--Simon and Fred. I was repeatedly impressed by the organization of the event, the passion, energy, and obvious committment of both Fred and Simon, and the proficiency of the students. The...
Posted by Gurnam Singh Saini
Charity is giving donations or alms to the needy. This is essentially right but charity goes beyond the common perception. The act of charity itself has an accompanying aspect to material giving which is genuine concern for others. A person can give all the material things he can afford in this...
Posted by Ryan Astaphan
I'll keep this simple. For the last 5 months I traveled through Asia. First month was spent touring India. Second month I practiced muay thai in Phuket, Thailand. For my third month I taught at Isara and lived in their house. For my last 2 months I lived in a kung fu academy atop some majestic moun...
Posted by Robert Edwards
A place is much like a flower, it get its water, its life line from its surroundings, from the falling rain, and the occasional helping hand from the watering hose. It is all too easy however, to water a plant too much without understanding its needs. Tourism for me is the same concept, a place is o...
Posted by Josh Redford
One aspect of human nature that I look at is what a person is passionate about. Some people have no passion for anything at all. They coast through life without a care or concern in the world. I do not envy that type of person. It is true that they will never feel any emotion...
Posted by Damien Marwood
Ok I was going to write a small wall post but the words kept coming so I've settled for a blog! I leave for my Celta course in Chiang Mai tomorrow morning, I'm so nervous yet excited for the month ahead. I'm sure it's going to be one of the most difficult and intense things I've ever done because ...
Posted by Gurnam Singh Saini
There are people who really want to devote some time they have in helping out other people. But the purpose for putting up charity drives would have to define what they are designed for and what they intend to accomplish. People would resort to medical missions, conducting community service in helpi...
