The Spark

The world as I see it. Nature-Humanity-Urbanity.

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[mattchampoux]

I like how instead of everything getting grey and brown in the winter, here in SF things get greener and the flowers keep on blooming. #bougainvillea #rainbreath #colorfulliving #exposeyourselfthebeauty #sf #sfbay #bayarealiving #greenliving #getoutstayout #mytinyatlas

[mattchampoux]

#currentmood have a great weekend everyone! #tgif #greenliving #newmoon #bayarealiving #yoga #practiceandalliscoming #pranayama #yogaeverydamnday #yogi #naturemedicine #ferntastic #happy

[mattchampoux]

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! This a photo of the next generation of Yine currently living in the Las Piedras River Basin of the southern Peruvian Amazon. I took this photo in 2012 during a stint of work with @faunaforever. Indigenous people's rights are still compromised throughout the world and they remain some of the best stewards of the last remaining wilderness areas on earth. Learn more at the linked organizations below. #conservetheamazon #conservation #biodiversity #culturaldiversity #amazonia #peru #laspiedras #yine @survivalinternational @amazonrainforestconservancy @thewcs @conservationorg @world_wildlife @natgeo @cristinamittermeier @alejom87 @ipmarkham (at Las Piedras, Madre De Dios, Peru)

[mattchampoux]

Deep ocean breaths! #norcal #tennesseevalley #pacificocean #sf #sfbay #mytinyatlas #practicealliscoming #yogaeverywhere #yogalife #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #ocean #prana @yogatreesf @themindfulbody #ashtanga #ashtangaSF #champouxyoga (at Tennessee Valley Beach)

[mattchampoux]

It has been so fun getting picture texts this past week from friends saying, "look who it is!". Check out this month's full page spot in @yogajournal - apparently part I'm part of the buzzzzzzz 🙌🏻🐝 I had no idea they were going to use this awesome shot taken by my good pal @kaare_iverson_photography. Stay tuned for some exciting teaching news coming up this fall and next year! #ashtanga #champouxyoga #coloRADoyogis #yogaeverywhere #natureyoga #eatsleepdrinkyogateaching #yogiswhoclimb #lovelife #vinyasakrama #ashtanga #champouxyoga #sfyoga #mysorestyle

[mattchampoux]

Dare to follow your dreams, to live your bliss. #sfbay #sailing #windpower

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A beautiful Green Honeycreeper strikes a pose with some bottlebrush in Las Cruces, Costa Rica. #wildlifewednesday #birding #costarica #ots #tropicalstudies

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Toucans are often only thought of in the context of cereal or because of their bright and silly bills. A little known fact is that toucans, and their smaller cousins, the toucanet, are skilled predators who routinely predate nests of other birds, and the occasional lizard. #wildlifewednesday #avianbehavior #costarica #conservation #lascruces #ots #ecology #biodiversity #birding #behappy #mytinyatlas #beawesome #exposeyourselftobeauty

[mattchampoux]

"There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the suffering you face directly, and so become free." - Ajahn Chah. Showing up and directly meeting the immediacy of sensation and emotion on the yoga mat is a step closer to freedom. Being a student of your suffering does not make you a cynic, a nihilist, or a pessimist. It makes you informed. Knowledge is empowerment and positive change, no matter how small, brings happiness. #dharma #champouxyoga #yogaeveryday #yogalife #practicealliscoming #buddhism #mindfulbodymysore

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Meerkat pup photos by Ion Moe

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Spotted Wood Owl [Strix seloputo]

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Lava flow from Hawaii’s hyperactive Kilauea volcano.

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Julie Dillon, on Tumblr