About Us

The mirror often reflects strangely, yet here is one description who we are:

This portal may be understood through a mission statement:

The primary mission of this site is to explore, facilitate, and promote conscious living amongst a body of socially and ecologically aware individuals; to increase our communication and networking within and without; to share our personal expressions, including music, visual art, poetry, prose fiction, expository and other writing; to educate and enlist the willing aid of others at local, national, and international levels.

Brian is a frequent contributor.  He is a researcher and teacher of psychology, currently based in Hawai’i.  Apart from his professional doings, his personal interests include hiking, kundalini yoga, political science, world literature, history, and people-watching.  Working to build a body of individuals striving for a more conscious life is a blossoming of Brian’s lifelong passion and search for greater meaning in existing on this planet.

Katy is also a frequent contributor.  She is an entrepreneur currently engaged in manufacturing and promoting Earth-friendly resortwear and body products; her main professional website can be found here.  Apart from her professional doings, Katy’s personal interests include hiking, snorkling, hatha yoga, feminism, world literature, history, and horticulture.  Creating a small part of a better world is something that she has always strived for, and she looks forward to both the successes and challenges that lie ahead.