Global Peace Index: Fantastic, Stat Based Ranking of 121 Countries

“The Global Peace Index ….is the first time that an Index has been created that ranks the nations of the world by their peacefulness and identified some of the drivers of that peace…. There are competing definitions of peace, and most research into peace is, in fact, the study of violent conflict….Vision of Humanity contains the [...]

So, Self Awareness is the 1st Step in Making Peace- Now What?

Sometimes we get questions on how yoga can work in really stuck or difficult conflicts.   From the non-yoga world, we consistently see the following types of conflict resolution skills advice- which we completely agree with.  But where do you go from there?
The BBC says being self-aware is the first step in conflict resolution:  “Self-awareness and self-responsibility are the first [...]

Why is there violence? The dominant theories…

During the last few months of research on why we’re violent, here are the dominant theories, all of which have sophisticated studies and statistics and hypotheses behind them:

It’s a resource thing.
We’re wired for it.
It’s men.
It’s tribalism.
It’s greed.
It’s the power structures in place: they are self perpetuating.
It’s the illusion that we are all separate, that one man [...]