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This dynamic dancer and choreographer is starting a GROOV3MENT. At one point in Ben Allen's career, he was a back up dancer for drag queens. Now, he is the founder of one of the hottest movements (or as he calls it, a GROOV3MENT) in the dance and fitness communities: GROOV3. According to dancer and choreographer [...]
Rubi Rymenmy and Sam Tribbe in the Santa Monica Mountains. photographed by David Young-Wolff Rubi Rymenmy is the CEO and Founder of Art Flying Yoga and Art Flying Aerial and Sam Tribbe is a coach with StrengthProject.com.
Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation (AHWF) has gone the extra mile to save Fido from the slaughterhouse. Imagine if your commitment to service in action lead you to travel thousands of miles from home, away from your beloved family while placing your life in danger. Imagine if that action put you in foreign countries, where you [...]
Walking into Y7 Studio's Melrose location in Los Angeles felt like hopping off the metro and walking into the hippest fitness space on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It’s no surprise since this hip hop-inspired yoga studio is owned by two New Yorkers-turned-LA-West Siders. The words "A Tribe Called Sweat" grace the walls as a welcome [...]
Culver City opens its doors to SAMBAR, Akasha Richmond's latest take on Indian cuisine. When Akasha Richmond arrived in LA, she lived in an ashram on the corner of Fairfax and 3rd Streets. There she studied yoga, learned Indian cooking under Yogi Bhajan, and worked at Golden Temple, a restaurant frequented by Michael Jackson. A [...]
Rise Yoga finds a larger, more permanent home in Huntington Beach. After changing locations several times since its initial opening in 2012, Rise Yoga HB is happy to open its doors to yogis and spiritual seekers in a larger, more permanent space. When owner Christelle Reigner opened the original studio, she felt compelled to share [...]
Hollywood welcomes a meditation and community space catering to both the beginner and the master. When you first walk in the doors of The Den Meditation in Hollywood, you feel as though you are walking into a comfortable living room that also just happens to be a vibrant and inviting community space. In fact, that is [...]
Connection: The inherent desire for conscious, authentic, and meaningful interactions with other people. This is what The Shine Movement means to me. While it can sometimes be easy to have superficial engagements via social media or at your favorite bar, these may or may not inspire. Yet in contrast, every time I spend an evening [...]
Outwardly, every yogi’s practice may look different, but inwardly we’re all striving to create the same thing: space. At Inner Space Yoga in downtown Santa Ana, surrounded by the simplicity of four white walls and a sturdy cork floor, you can discover for yourself what the practice brings. The studio opened in October as part [...]
The Route 66 Sign: The End of one trail is the beginning of another path. For Brock, life begins at the edge of the ocean. Yoga On Location: Brock Cahill, founder of Kurmalliance, in Vrscikasana on the Santa Monica pier. Brock Cahill is wearing a shirt to support the ocean activism nonprofit Kurmalliance (Kurmalliance.Org). He [...]