The obituaries and tributes to J.D. Salinger, the seminal novelist who died in January at the age of 91, have tended to ignore one important feature of his life and work: for many readers, especially young seekers of truth in the sixties and seventies, he was a kind of guru figure. I was [...]
Buy locally, think globally…and watch Food, Inc. The messages in this film certainly make it worthy of being part of this trifecta of a motto. As the price of food is rapidly rising and the same food’s nutritional value is decreasing, the release of this feature-length documentary film in theaters and on DVD could not [...]
Sinister Yogis David Gordon White University of Chicago Press What is a yogi? This is the question behind David Gordon White's new book, the last in a series which began with The Alchemical Body and continued with Kiss of the Yogini. Unlike most academic studies in this area, the book's main object of inquiry is [...]
Decoding the Spiritual Messages of Everyday Life Dr. Paul Debell, MD Sterling Ethos Decoding the Spiritual Messages of Everyday Life: Dr. Paul Debell, MD We’ve all experienced climatic life situations that feel as though they’ve been orchestrated by a higher power. We could call them destiny, fate, chance or dumb luck; psychologist Dr. Paul Debell [...]
Practice Pages: English Our bodies are powerful ways in which we experience the world. This is particularly the case for children, and when they are encouraged to experience somatically the heroic journey for themselves through reenacting a story, greater self-awareness occurs. It wakes them up from the inside. Storytime Yoga encourages such mind/body connection [...]
Yoga for Wellbeing: 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity With Jason Crandell Yoga Journal, 2008 A yogi’s greatest challenge is often finding time to practice. Jason Crandell’s latest installment in his Yoga for Well-Being series – 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity – [...]
Ahn's Anger Gail Silver Illustrated by Christine Krömer Plum Blossom Books, Parallax Press What does it mean to sit with anger and how can we teach a child to engage in this practice? This is the aim of Gail Silver’s new book Ahn’s Anger. Silver is the founder of Yoga Child in Philadelphia [...]
Finding Storytelling Through Community And Voice Walk out on stage, take a deep breath and start telling a story. When standing exposed beneath the spotlight, even though the house lights are dim, it’s still possible to make out faces in the audience. The seats are filled with both friends and strangers; they’re a community, whom [...]
The Tao of Fertility By Daoshing Ni, DOM, LAc, PhD and Dana Herko Collins, 2008 Reviewed by Natalie D-Napoleon Daoshing Ni (better known as Dr. Dao) draws on his ancestral experience as a healer (belonging to seventy-four generations of masters) and his skill as an acupuncturist to present a holistic approach to conception [...]
The Essential Low Back Program: Relieve Pain and Restore Health Robin Rothenberg Pacific Institute Yoga Therapy Reviewed by Felicia M. Tomasko, RN What does it mean for a therapeutic Yoga CD set to state that its effects are clinically proven? For Rothenberg’s Essential Low Back Program, the endorsement refers to Karen Sherman’s much-lauded [...]