Cake can be more than a decadent treat since now you can find sweet and healthy options. Laurel Gallucci and Claire Thomas of Sweet Laurel have created the recipes for grain-free flavors that inspire devotion in adults and kids alike. After dealing with an auto-immune disorder and being prescribed a strict elimination diet, Laurel [...]
CBD photo courtesy of Charlotte's Web The Basics of CBD Oil and the Cannabinoids In recent years, there is an entirely new supplement section that has taken over shelf space in groceries and health food stories. CBD is the latest and some say the greatest addition to the marketplace. Product lines have [...]
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir in WOMAN AT WAR, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Woman at War's Heroine Wants to Save the Environment Woman at War opens with a shot of our heroine Halla (played by Halldóra Geirhasdóttir) in a scenic Icelandic field, about to shoot an arrow in a quest that [...]
Upgrading Your Life at The Center Method What if you didn’t have to travel to an exotic locale for a connected approach to physical and mental well-being? What if you could step into an office with coordinated services designed to support—and even upgrade—your busy modern and urban lifestyle? This is part of the vision of [...]
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When I walked into the The Daily Harvest’s Refueling Station pop up at the Westfield Century City location, I felt as though I had entered an empowering personal power station. It is fashioned to look like clean and healthy version of a gas station—where you can pull in and fuel up. The playful popup offers [...]
Persimmon and Kale Salad at Massilia Taste a Variety of Persimmon Dishes at the 2019 Santa Monica Restaurant Week Persimmons may be one of the hidden treasures found in SoCal farmers’ markets in the late fall and early winter. Rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber, and healthy phyto-nutrients, with tastes that combine well with [...]
The Courage to Rise as a Practice Companion In her practice and in her yoga teaching, Liz Arch is an example of both determination and dedication. She brings a willingness to share her own vulnerability and to explore what it really means to use lifestyle practices to find healing and to thrive in daily life. [...]
7 Chakras Jewelry Ideas for Energetic Balance The Chakra System describes vortices of energy that are housed in the subtle body. They affect various aspects of our physiology, state of mind, and our way of being in the world. While we have many active chakras, the yogic teachings talk about seven primary energy centers that [...]
Painting of Ruth Bader Ginsberg by Maira Kalman The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg: RBG at the Skirball “I’m not queen….I’d rather be notorious.” This now-famous quote from one of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s public conversations adorns one of the walls at the exhibition Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth [...]