The Practice of Transformational Media By Suzanne Bryant “Healing the universe is an inside job” ---- from the film, Mindwalk When we think of films that have a message of inspiration, or a teaching, they are often referred to as Spiritual films. But John Raatz, founder of GATE (Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment), prefers to use [...]
LA YOGA Magazine was one of the sponsors of the healthy oasis The Zen Den at the Sundance Film Festival. The Zen Den has been building buzz throughout the first week of the festival as celebrities and filmmakers have been dropping by for healing treatments, yoga classes, healthy snacks, copies of LA YOGA Magazine, happy [...]
For a documentary that flashes tweets throughout and premiered tonight with a live Skype video Q&A with one of the Russian stars, the subject matter covers an amazingly anachronistic contemporary witch hunt. Pussy Riot—A Punk Prayer begins in February 2012 when a group of twenty-something Moscowite girls invade a cathedral to perform an anti-church/anti-Putin punk [...]
LA YOGA Magazine will have a presence this year at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The prestigious 10-day independent film festival runs from January 17-27 in Park City, Utah. With 46,731 attendees in 2012, it is one of the largest independent film festivals in the United States. Sundance provides year-round creative and financial support for [...]
Women of Bhakti By Producer Jahnava Hausner & Filmmaker Hilary Tapper Brij Productions/Mantrology Women of Bhakti is a narrative investigating what it means to be a woman on the Bhakti, or devotional, path featuring visions of colorful India with interviews from well-known figures including Shiva Rea, Sara Ivanhoe, and the late Yamuna Devi, to whom [...]
A visually captivating documentary offers a lyrical view of today’s world Samsara is a Sanskrit word that refers to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, the turning wheel of this earthly existence, upon which we continue to spin until we attain the freedom of liberation. Director Ron Fricke and Producer Mark Magidson, the duo who [...]
When we think of Woodstock, we think of ’60s counterculture festivals and a free-spirited vibe. According to the upcoming feature film Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, not much has changed with the Woodstock of today. The town itself ends up playing a role as a character in the film, inspiring transformation among members of one [...]
The Big Fix Two Yogis Journey to the Heart of an Oil Spill and Find Hope for the Future By Josh and Rebecca Tickell Each day Rebecca Harrell Tickell takes about 200 supplements, herbal remedies, and nutrapuncture pills. Then there's her daily yoga practice, the vigorous hikes, the meditations and a no-sugar, no-caffeine, vegan [...]
By Karen Henry Films that raise our consciousness related to healing, spirituality, the environment, veterans and humanitarian concerns, animal rights, and other pressing issues of today—these are the subjects filmmaker Skye Kelly is interested in conveying on screen. She does this through the Awareness Festival, now in its third year, which provides a platform for [...]
“The significant issues we face cannot be resolved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” This quote from Albert Einstein begins the new film, People vs the State of Illusion. We face challenges everyday but how do we see a way out when we feel trapped? What happens when [...]