Kalari Shakti The Flowing Art Of Kalarippayatu

A Personal Reflection on Kalari All is quiet inside the Kalari practice space. I enter the space slowly, first touching the red clay earth and then my heart as sign of respect. My teacher’s voice echoes in my mind, “When you enter the Kalari, leave everything behind.” I head to the Puttara, the main altar, [...]

By |2018-07-23T23:41:12-07:00November 27th, 2010|Yoga Therapy|0 Comments

Beth Lapides’ 100% Happy 88% Of The Time

Community : Seen & Heard Cha-Ching: Swapping The Mind For A Song Wednesdays Through December 15! Having been hit hard on the head by the Woo Woo Fairy’s weighty wand early on (at birth), I’m already a member of the striving-towards-awakening choir to which Beth Lapides is not really ever preachin’ in her frolicking [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:09:13-07:00November 27th, 2010|Health & Wellness|0 Comments

Teacher Profile: Yonnus Becker

Yonnus Becker, Photo: Jean Kim The Sun Beckons To This Venice Local On a beautiful autumn afternoon, the sun sparkled on the vibrant streets of the Venice thoroughfare, familiar faces wandered about as a feeling of calm permeated the air. The years have seen drifters and ramshackle huts give way to luxury homes [...]

By |2017-04-12T08:39:38-07:00November 27th, 2010|Teacher Profiles|0 Comments

Teaching Children Gratitude and Contentment

  The Sanskrit word santosha means contentment. Contentment is a slippery idea: If we say that we are not content, or feeling discontented, there are those who will look upon us as being ungrateful, or needing to work harder. If we say that we are content, there is sometimes the illusion of complacency. How can [...]

By |2016-12-12T04:50:55-08:00November 27th, 2010|Kids Yoga|0 Comments

Where Did The Asanas Come From?

  A Discussion Sparked By Dr. Mark Singleton’s Yoga Body At any given moment in Los Angeles, from pre-dawn into the evening, from the beach to the Valley, and all across the basin, people are striking a pose. Surfers are standing on the shore doing Yoga-inspired moves to warm up for the waves. Runners, dancers [...]

By |2016-12-11T04:40:28-08:00November 27th, 2010|Yoga Therapy|0 Comments

Sitting Down With Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Karma Yoga In Action In his evococative biography, Touched by Fire: The Ongoing Journey of a Spiritual Seeker, teacher Pandit Rajmani Tigunait PhD describes his own path of spiritual seeking and questioning, of meeting his spiritual teacher, Swami Rama, and the great benefits that can come from living the contemplative [...]

By |2016-12-11T04:36:18-08:00November 27th, 2010|Teacher Profiles|0 Comments

Ayurveda Q & A

Question: I crave hot and spicy foods and seem to need them to stimulate my digestive fire. The problem is that they aggravate my hot flashes. Is there anything I can do for my hot flashes that will not dampen my digestive fire? Answer: I presume from your question that you are in your perimenopausal stage of [...]

By |2016-12-23T16:27:39-08:00November 27th, 2010|Ayurveda|0 Comments

When Mercury Retrograde Is A Good Thing

The Indian name for the planet Mercury is Budha, derived from the Sanskrit root “budh,” which means “awaken, become aware.” A “buddha” is an “awakened one.” With its slightly different spelling, “budha” means “awakening,” as well as “intelligent, clever, or wise.” It can also denote a “wise or learned person.” In ancient Greek and Roman [...]

By |2016-12-13T15:12:12-08:00November 27th, 2010|Astrology|0 Comments

G.A.M.E. Yoga: Gifts And Miracles Everyday

Free Yoga For Children With Special Needs What have I been put here to do? It’s a question I asked after recently seeing Wayne Dyer speak. It has become clear that I am here to inspire and to heal, through teaching Yoga, and even more importantly, through giving back. Through seva. My sister wrote the [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:12:13-07:00November 27th, 2010|Yoga|0 Comments

Teacher Profile: Linda Lack

Ritual in Motion, Unmasking the Secrets of the Body Through The Thinking Body, The Feeling Mind® When you step over the threshold of Linda Lack's Two Snakes Studios on La Cienega Boulevard where she teaches her signature technique of The Thinking Body, The Feeling Mind®, there is an immediate feeling of entering sacred [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:14:13-07:00October 27th, 2010|Teacher Profiles|0 Comments
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