Respect for Yourself. Respect for Each Other. The Sean O’Shea Foundation When beloved La Jolla Yoga instructor Sean O’Shea was killed in a tragic car accident in 2007, the Yoga community mourned. Gatherings, vigils and memorials all resonated with the same sound...“We must continue his work.” Sean’s mother Gloria O’Shea heard the call. Transforming her [...]
This October, President Obama became the first president in eighteen years to not meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan leader’s Washington visit. Earlier this year, China’s Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, said that refusing visits by the Dalai Lama should become one of “the basic norms of international relations” of any country cultivating [...]
Older Volunteers Enrich America: Frank Iszak and Silver Age Yoga Honored In 1956, Frank Iszak was a political refugee who emigrated from his native Hungary to the US. He was inspired by the freedoms, liberties and social programs that are part of America’s landscape and over time, directed his energy into developing the Silver Age [...]
In Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April a number of LA-based conscious companies are coming together to raise funds with yogitoes® founder Susan Nichols. Nichols is reaching out to the community with the intention of growing a small grassroots campaign into a global campaign, much as the PINK campaign has served for breast [...]
Community : News The nonprofit Hope for Paws is one of the compassionate organizations in the greater LA area who provides active rescue, kennel-free open space, medical care, and love to neglected, abused and homeless animals. Founders Audrey Spilker Hagar and Eldad Hagar have rescued hundreds of often ill or injured dogs, cats and [...]
Chant-4-Change Sets The Nation’s Capital Alight January 20, 2009. It was a day that will not soon be forgotten: Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Only one day earlier, on Martin Luther King, Jr Day, some four hundred yogis, yoginis, and those with a general taste for the [...]
Sitting Down With Tassajara Director David Zimmerman In September I traveled to Tasajara and spoke with David Zimmerman, one of the “Tassajara Five,” the four men and one woman who were instrumental in defending the monastery against the Basin Complex Fire. We sat and talked beneath a leafy tree in two yellow chairs [...]
Help Close The Los Angeles Zoo Elephant Exhibit - And Rescue Lone Elephant Billy! The Los Angeles Zoo has a tragic record with elephants. Since 1975, 13 elephants held there have died; more than half did not live to see age 20. Elephants have a natural lifespan of 65-70 years. Despite this fact, the L.A. [...]
the collective effort to name september 21 as an annual day of peace September 2008: Volume 7/No. 8 “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) Actor Jeremy Gilley described his last screen role as “a crazy sci-fi character trying to save the planet.” This actor, filmmaker [...]
There really is no department within our government that looks at alternatives to war and violence. This is a department whose time has come.” U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland We have a State Department. A Defense Department. A Department of Homeland Security. Why don’t we have a Department of Peace? It’s an idea gaining momentum [...]