It’s press preview day for the Bruce Springsteen Live! exhibit at the Grammy Museum in downtown LA. The elevator doors open to someone sitting behind a drum set getting a lesson from E-Street Band member Max Weinberg by interactive video. Max’s drum kit from the 1988 Tunnel of Love Express Tour is affixed to the [...]
Kali Ma Her name is Kali – She is the Hindu Goddess of Liberation, of change and transition, of endings before beginnings. She is beloved by billions of devotees worldwide, and though you may not know Her by name, you’ve probably seen Her image “hiding in plain sight.” For She inspired Rock 'n Roll’s most [...]
Bob Roth c. Alexander Berg courtesy DLF Bob Roth is America’s favorite Transcendental Meditation teacher For more than 45 years he has brought Transcendental Meditation (TM) to millions of people through his role as CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, as host of SiriusXM radio show, Success Without Stress, through his podcast Stay Calm, available on [...]
Mickey Hart: God Is Sound They’re called mahatmas. Translated from Sanskrit to mean “Great Soul.” Sometimes they’re revered as saints or sages, and sometimes they walk among us like undercover agents. They’re human and can be fallible and flawed. But when you take a long look at their lives, it's evident how it all adds [...]
“When You’re A Big Star, Will You Miss The Earth” It was the late 90’s, before Spotify and iTunes, Napster and MP3s. Albums didn’t drop onto streaming services and immediately upload onto our phones. Corporate-run radio stations dictated who heard what, when. Rebellious youth tried to fight the system. Grunge bands sued the conglomerate Ticketmaster [...]
When the global pandemic halted the whirling pace of the modern world, the populace turned its focus to the sanctity of life, the importance of health, and connectedness of all beings. These are ideals that Sharon Gannon has been living and teaching for four decades. Gannon and partner David Life are students of Shri Brahmananda [...]
Michael Imperioli. Jim Spellman, Getty Images It’s another precarious pandemic morning. Michael Imperioli materializes on the Zoom screen. He leads the group in prayer, purifying breaths and a sitting meditation. He reads aloud long passages by the Tibetan Buddhist Lama, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Within one of them it states, “For such a [...]
Elected into office in 2002, Congressman Tim Ryan has been exemplifying the qualities of a Spiritual Warrior for the past 20 years. The outspoken meditator who is for working families and choice, counts farmers and vegans among his closest friends. He’s brought emotional tools to the toughest vets, and inspired even his most conservative colleagues [...]
A Teacher's Journey: Sri Dharma Mittra Sri Dharma Mittra is known as "the teacher's teacher" a great yogi who is revered as an elder, a sage. He was born in the remote village of Pirapora, Brazil in 1939. One of five children, he and his brother Satya became enamored with yogic studies via books. At 19, [...]
Tina and Ikettes performing (January 1976). Photograph Courtney of Rhonda Graam/HBO An Intimate Story of an Icon...and her Chanting Practice You may think you know something about the life of Tina Turner. She is an icon, an entertainer, a survivor….and a woman who has practiced the art of chanting for transformation. Her story [...]