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Nov 30, 2004

"As human beings we have a tendency, when we like something, to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go." --Ricky Williams

Running Back To Ayurveda

At age 27, one of NFL's premier running backs, shocked the sports world by announcing his retirement. In place of his annual $5 million paychecks, Ricky Williams went tenting around the world for $7/day. And instead of returning to football, the 1998 Heisman trophy winner is back in school to learn about a 6000 year old science of healing -- Ayurveda! "I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate," Ricky said, "and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use."