cam2yogi - Cameron Karsten

'Who are you?' said the Caterpillar...
'I-I hardly know, Sir, just at present- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'
'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar, sternly. 'Explain yourself!'
'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, Sir,' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you see.'
-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Listen to wise old Joseph-withers, dear Alice, the man called once Mr. Campbell. He spoke thus:
"You are that mystery which you are seeking to know"

And so I follow:
May we tread softly on whatever land our Mother Earth has provided, and may we share what our dreams intend.

After the months of sleepless nights...my new website is up! Please visit cam2yogi.com for more aritcles, photograph galleries, video, poetry and more! And check out my photography blog at Eye of the Photo.

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By cam2yogi
April 3rd 2008

Destinations for the Spirit

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

The Trumpet

Traveling is a choice, and it is a choice to make traveling sacred. Travel can be more than an eye-opening experience into a new culture of relics, ruins, history and tradition. It can be more than a destination-oriented expedition from Point A to Point B. The way of the traveler can transform into a heart-opening pilgrimage. From this point onward, we choose to travel as a force of inner discovery, unpeeling layers of personality to reach the core of purpose: who we are, what we are here to do, and how best we can express this essence within ourselves. The following [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
March 25th 2008

Finding Yourself in Solitude: 10 Lessons of Growing

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

Light & Earth

Finding yourself in solitude. Everybody hears this time and time again. From the fruition of youth when sent on “timeout” to the isolation every individual needs in order to hibernate with one’s emotions. Even through days of work, locking the mind and body behind concealed doors in order to cram a semester’s final paper or spurn a creative project. Isolation, solitude, being alone—these words derive a connotation of growth and progress. They emphasize a deeper understanding not only of one’s surroundings, as well as past and future actions, but also of the most significant and empowering quality—finding oneself within the present [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
February 26th 2008

Your Perfect Yoga Retreat

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

Moon-Shore

Yoga is the art of release. It is the study of one’s concentration upon the diverse layers of the body, exploring deeper with an advanced focus into the mind, until eventually delving and settling forever within the spirit. This ancient tradition of breath, movement and meditation developed within the Hindu culture of the Indian subcontinent becomes the practitioner’s sacred ritual. Therefore, finding the right yoga retreat is equally a part of one’s practice as is a particular inhalation of breath, an exhalation into a specific posture, or the stillness of silent observation. The right retreat must align with the right individual, [View Full Entry]

Bali Yoga Retreat: August 17th-31st, 2008

By cam2yogi
February 14th 2008

A Lover's Manifesto

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

The Lover's Manifesto

A day of love. A day dedicated to that special someone who makes your body whimper, your mind rest at ease, and your heart flutter with freedom. It is a day for love. All we need is love, and here comes February 14th, Valentine’s Day. And of course love is the last thing on people’s mind. This might sound crazy, but take a second to stop and look at the world at large. Look not only at our western society, with its’ agendas deep in the bogs of consumerism, causing wallets to become sticky with humidity and the consumer’s palms sweaty [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
February 11th 2008

I Am Tourist, I Am No Tourist

North America » United States » Washington » Seattle

Perspective Concepts of the Conceptual

The Road’s Consistency Home and settled, now travel bound—it is a constant push and pull between the nature of yin and yang. A traveler is a traveler for life, and to be home is equally a journey as it is while on the road, but there’s a vast difference, a change in perspective. And it’s from this new perspective the traveler takes to the road yet again. Last week I spent my Sunday evening at a National Geographic Live! presentation introducing Wade Davis, a cultural anthropologist who has spent his time with various indigenous communities throughout the hidden world. Forty-eight hours [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
December 30th 2007

Spirits of the Holidays

North America » United States » California » Los Angeles » Pasadena

December's Cherry Tree

Ah yes, the holiday season. It arrives with festivities and it departs with greater festivities. Goodbye… and please do not return until next year… if you must. Christmas has always been about family, yet in the same context, Christmas has been about the spirit of giving—in many different ways. When I say giving, I am referring to a scale of giving; from honest care to its’ opposite, or shall we say mass consumption and the hoards of consumers, entering shops and browsing online catalogs with as deep or as shallow of pockets permissible. And this holiday season I experienced both worlds, [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
September 19th 2007

The New Sport: Dumpster Diving

North America » United States » Washington » Bainbridge Island

Full
...and waiting for a pair of fresh hands and sharp eyes. The bell is ringing. It's dinner time.

Hunger is a necessary experience of travel (and life, I suppose), and when on a budget, there is very little fear of hunger. It is commonplace in a strange land, on a strange form of transportation that might last for days, and often it is satisfied only sparingly when on that well-known budget. But, the local markets do provide wonderfully, as with the vendors along the streets and the friendly strangers who invite you in to quench your thirst, and hopefully (cross your fingers), feed you. Yet there is never a guarantee, and to eat is a necessity. So whip out [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
August 31st 2007

Who’s Guiding Whom Upon The Way?

North America » United States » Washington » Bainbridge Island

Man & Nature Together

...continued Cahors would be the last time I would ever see The Way. As I sat, as I wandered through the small picturesque town situated on a bend upon the Lot River—as I felt my body and listened deeper to a purpose gone unknown—I came to understand much about Le Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle. The Way presented itself with all I had dreamt of: it was rough, it was a challenge, and it was isolation and segregation from the external world beyond me. The Way of Saint James was immense, and its’ scope of power and realization fulfilled my [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
August 19th 2007

A New Reality Upon Le Chemin de Saint Jacques

Europe » France » Centre

Church Hall
Another church, another town, and another pilgrim

...continued Shortly after nine in the morning on August 9th, 2007 I took my first steps on Le Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle. I was on The Way, and up and out of Le-Puy-en-Velay the hills climbed. They took me onto a plateau and instantly I was in the French countryside. Here, clouds came closer to the earth and fields rolled along with their grains of harvest. Cylindrical bails of hay were stacked in open country and tractors groaned through the quiet of the day. Slowly, I came upon my fellow pilgrims who attended the morning’s mass, as well as [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
August 9th 2007

Le Pèlerin: To Be or Not To Be on The Way of Saint James

Europe » France » Centre

Le Puy
And the lit belltower of Notre Dame

The trail winds like the southern mistral. It twists and turns, left and right, and ascends and descends as if a direct route to the heavens. In some ways, it is. In some ways this pilgrimage is a test for all those travelers in Life. It is The Way, and I have become another pilgrim of an ancient tradition in the catholic faith. Welcome to Le Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle. This is The Way. Walking To A New Peace After three months of walking with Footprints for Peace from Dublin, Ireland to London, England I thought my body would [View Full Entry]

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Blogs & Travel Journals

Destinations for the Spirit

Finding Yourself in Solitude: 10 Lessons of Growing

Your Perfect Yoga Retreat

A Lover's Manifesto

I Am Tourist, I Am No Tourist

Spirits of the Holidays

The New Sport: Dumpster Diving

Who’s Guiding Whom Upon The Way?

A New Reality Upon Le Chemin de Saint Jacques

Le Pèlerin: To Be or Not To Be on The Way of Saint James