Los Angeles community events seen and heard during the month of September: Waves of Flags at Pepperdine University, Bhakti Fest and more. Yoga Day at the Dodgers Stadium Photo by Jeff Skeirik/Rawtographer Rolling out their mats on the outfield at Dodgers Stadium, more than TK yogis practiced with YogaWorks teacher Mia Togo after watching [...]
YOGASMOGA takes high-performance yoga clothing to the next level. Beverly Hills (9458 Dayton Way), 310-273-9642 yogasmoga.com When we embrace the philosophy of yoga, it affects all aspects of our lives beyond the mat. Sister and brother team Tapasya and Rishi Bali founded the company YOGASMOGA on the principle that our practice also influences [...]
Radicalize Director Sam Slovick Talks Skid Row and Kriya Yoga LA YOGA: Where did the initial call come from to direct the documentary Radicalize and follow the group of people catalyzing the Occupy Movement? Sam Slovick: I was working as a journalist in LA in October 2011 and I had a couple columns in [...]
Author, speaker, teacher, visionary, world-changer Dr. Wayne Dyer believed in the potential for each one of us to fully affect and live our destiny. His life and work provided both roadmap and example for possibility. He believed in the ability for us to live our dreams. The world is forever changes because of his commitment [...]
Presenting The Namaste Award to Mallika Chopra The first time I met LA-based Japanese filmmaker and yogini Kayoko Mitsumatsu, I was struck by her sincerity, her dedication to yoga, and her gratitude for the gifts of the practice. Kayoko’s commitment has inspired much more than a consistent personal practice; in 2007 she founded Yoga Gives [...]
Glendale welcomes Yoga-urt, a dessert shop carrying dairy-free, kosher, non-GMO, organic frozen yogurt. Glendale’s Kenneth Village is a already destination for foodies, pedestrians, and yoga students (Yoga Vibe LA at the Village). Now it is a destination for the newest vegan soft-serve frozen desserts; the new shop on the block is Yoga-urt. The vibe for [...]
Roger Allers celebrates the human spirit in his animated feature film, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Some of my all-time favorite films are animated features. A new film has been added to my list. One of literature’s most beloved works (it has sold more than 100 million copies in 40 languages), Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, has [...]
Lisa Garr From Well-Read Radio Host to Inspirational Author For 15 years, Lisa Garr has served as the energetic, vivacious, and intelligent host of “The Aware Show,” a radio program with several million listeners worldwide. More than 1,500 guests, many of them authors, have made appearances on the air with Garr, chosen for their alignment with [...]
Parashakti finds freedom through the Dance of Liberation “For the Kabalah, the Jewish mystics, dance is the deepest expression of joy. Where silence and music meet is in the field of the body.” These thoughts are shared by Rabbi David Ingber, founder of the Jewish community Romemu (whose mission is to integrate body, mind, and [...]
Spinning Innovator Johnny G Launches a New Fitness Paradigm with In-Trinity Photo by Tai Kerbs Trying out In-Trinity, a new fitness paradigm with innovator Johnny G Zen Chi is the name for the seated pose that is the position taken at both the beginning and the end of an In-Trinity session, as developed [...]