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Community Partnerships Power Practice There’s nothing better than practicing Yoga outdoors with friends, family, and live music—unless you're doing all of this and serving the community by supporting the efforts of a hard-working nonprofit organization. This combination has been the great effort of Yoga Vista’s Power in the Park series of classes. Yoga Vista has [...]
A Conversation with True Food Kitchen Executive Chef Michael Stebner We’ve seen the headlines in the New York Times, USA Today, and in numerous research studies. The Mediterranean Diet, high in good monounsaturated fats, is heart-healthy, protects against strokes, and supports weight management. Key ingredients of this diet -- a lifestyle, really -- are seasonal [...]
Lauren Peterson Photo by Jeff Skeirik/Rawtographer When you see pictures of Lauren Peterson in Yoga, the book published by Yoga Journal, or watch her unbelievable YouTube videos, where she's blithely moving through Ashtanga’s fourth series at the age of 53, you might assume she'd be a serious yogi with no time for fun [...]
While many people may know him as the Godfather of Bhakti Fest, Sridhar Silberfein has a long and storied history in the spirituality and health and wellness communities. He arranged to have Swami Satchidananda on stage at Woodstock to lead the Western world’s first mass Sanskrit chanting. Since the 1970s, one of the first stops [...]
Tips for Festival Survival Spring has fully sprung and with it, the Festival Season. First on the list is Shakti Fest, held in Joshua Tree. The days and nights of May will be filled with yoga classes, spiritual lectures, organic vegetarian food and singing and dancing to the call-and-response sacred music of kirtan under the [...]
When I visited Mysore, India, the source of my vinyasa flow and Mysore practice, I fell in love. I fell in love with the country, the chaos and the contradictions. I also fell in love with the people. After practicing at the Yoga Shala, I often passed through a slum where kids excitedly introduced themselves [...]
When I was pregnant with my second daughter Ava, I thought I had learned the lessons of unconditional love. I would lose sleep, just watching my two-year-old Xenia slumber. I thought my life was so blessed; I thought I was truly living my life’s journey. But when I found myself crying, praying for guidance, I [...]
RAISING THE VIBRATION OF THE PLANET Most yogis have never heard of a “yoga rave,” although many are intrigued by the concept: high-energy yoga, dancing, music and substance-free celebration. Erica Austin also sees it as an opportunity to explore the Sanskrit meaning of the word yoga by uniting the community for a worthy cause. With [...]
Each Class is a Journey Sattva Yoga LA opened its doors in Brentwood in March, making it the first Sattva Yoga studio in the U.S.—a home for beginner and experienced yogis to experience an authentic, inclusive, non-competitive, and energetic yoga practice. Brittny McCarthy and Kendra Horn (co-owners, managers, and Sattva Yoga teachers) serendipitously met on [...]
The information necessary to make informed choices about our health and wellness is part of the mission of The HealthKeepers Alliance and the Health Freedom Expo. Jeffrey M. Smith is a global spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified foods. His documentary, Genetic Roulette—The Gamble of Our Lives, was the 2012 Movie of the Year [...]