Writing

This series on the daShop bookstore blog looks at how a mindful approach can help us tune into our thoughts and create beautiful work. 

Lisa Anderson and Neil Bryson met last year. The first time they spoke on the phone, the conversation lasted four hours. They bonded immediately. Less than a month later, Anderson was on a plane to Maine. She was going to meet her father.

Keahi Schmidt was lost. Two strokes left her with an unreliable memory and difficulty talking. She turned to Facebook as therapy. There she found her purpose. She connected the founders of Paw Posse Ohana, a group that reunites people with their lost pets.

Almost everything feels new and different and surreal right now, doesn’t it? But if you look back, there are some things yogi’s have known long before the current pandemic, one of which is that our practice doesn’t end when we leave the mat.

Clement Gorai was running a 50K ultra-marathon when he fell in love with the mountains. Since that day almost 20 years ago, he took every chance he got to travel the world and climb its highest peaks.

Dina Knight's addiction started when she was a teenager. A serious car accident led her to start stretching for relief from anxiety and pain. What she found was an at-home yoga practice that helped her through recovery.

When Nezlyn Kealoha looks in the mirror, she sees new woman. She doesn’t see the girl that she used to be. The one who was an addict. The one who attacked people and robbed them at gunpoint and went to prison. Today, her reflection holds a year of growth and healing.

At the start of the Ironman Triathlon in Nice, France, 3,000 people plunge into the glassy Mediterranean Sea. Last summer, Tara and Tom McBride were among those thousands. Read how they overcame injury to finish the 140-mile race together.

You can get local honey at farmer's markets across the island, but what's it like to keep bees? Read about leaning the trade at UH Hilo, becoming a beekeeper, and how Hawaii's bees impact people (and food) around the world.

The Waimanalo Library tried to start a community ukulele class for years. They were finally able to when Music For Life Foundation donated several ukulele for the library to loan out, just like they do with books.