Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desire and fears. Let them come and go. Don't give them the nourishment of interest and attention.

--Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

This is what I practice while walking across Spring Street to get to class. Soho is such a high-end consumer vortex--it's like walking through a catalog of wonder (J. Crew! Cynthia Rowley! Kate Paperie! Sephora! ). But I am so used to having no spending money that I can look without desiring, and that's an enjoyable feeling.

Soho Bikram was much better today--today's receptionist was nicer and I arrived much earlier to avoid the lobby/changing room crush.

Tonight I am going to a volunteer orientation at the Women's Venture Fund. They are the organization that won the latest Johnny Walker grant.