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Mindfulness in Real Life

Mindfulness in Real Life

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries." ~Dalai Lama Hello Onikas community, Jonnyka here. As I prepare for our first mindfulness ...

Heart Roars

Bryonie Wise & the limits of our practice (an ode to an Instagram friendship) “I accept the love I think I deserve, in every part of my life...

There's a lot of history in these textures...

Hello everyone, Jonnyka here! Last weekend my hubby Carmen and I went to the amazing Contemporary Museum at Laguna Gloria in Austin to shoot our n...

Healing Hands

"August rain: the best of the summer gone and the new fall yet born. The odd, uneven time." -Sylvia Plath Today, a day after the worst torrent...

Summer swelter, girlpower & the hustle

WOW is this a super hot summer or what?!! Our home cities of Austin (Jonnyka), and Miami (Veronica), are sweltering cauldrons of humidity and rele...

Still dreaming about Camp Onikas...

Camp Onikas cultural immersion experience in Ecuador. It was absolutely incredible....there are not enough superlatives to properly describe it. Th...

Every week is "Small" Business Week!

We've been thinking lately about what it means to be a "small business". As we recently wrapped up an amazing Camp Onikas trip to Ecuador (see pic...

Lost in translation - our adventures in #monsoonprinting

We were warned! Don't go to Jaipur INDIA in the summer! It's bloody hot! The monsoons are horrible! But what do you do when one of us still has a f...

Who the heck are The Onikas and why uniforms are the new black

Jonnyka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where her hippie parents were living the early 70’s dream (hence her middle name-- CLOUDS). Veronica was born ...