Runyon Canyon Yoga Continues Despite Canyon Trail Closures. The LA Parks Department has water system improvements to do that will benefit the surrounding communities as well as the Fire Department. “Completely closing down the park’s hiking trails ensures that the work can be done faster,” says Lauren Stillman of FORC (Friends of Runyon Canyon). The [...]
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 [...]
Healthy Harvests for Venice…One Block at a Time Every corner with a patch of soil or some empty space has the potential to feed a community. With nutrition, with connection, with hope. A community initiative is sprouting in Venice: The planting of 108 garden boxes to grow organic produce. The planning, building, and sowing has [...]
Cancer Support Community, Los Angeles celebrates the Benjamin Center Awards Leaders At their annual Gilda Award Gala, the innovative Cancer Support Community (CSC) Benjamin Center honored Kimberly Fowler and Sherri Rosen from YAS Fitness Center as well as psychosocial cancer researcher Dr. Mitch Golant and comedian, writer, and cancer survivor Tig Notaro. The nonprofit CSC Benjamin [...]
LA YOGA Magazine CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline: November 15 at 5pm PST Calling all yogi artists: We are looking for an illustrated portrait of BKS Iyengar for the cover of our upcoming issue. Part of the mission of LA YOGA Magazine is focused on supporting the yoga community in Los Angeles and beyond. BKS Iyengar [...]
We all remember the days of slipping and sliding on our yoga mats during sweaty Bikram and Vinyasa classes. Try as we might to keep calm and to keep our focus on our dristi point, a slippery mat was the ultimate distraction from our goal of one-pointed awareness. Then, a revolution in the yoga studio [...]
Countdown to L.A. Spay/Neuter Ordinance It’s the Law: October 1. In the ongoing effort to create a humane Los Angeles and to help make the City a No-Kill zone for dogs and cats, the L.A. City Council and the Mayor approved a law requiring all cats and dogs in the City older than four months of [...]