How do we develop our habits? Are we conscious of our habits? Do they serve us and help move us forward in our lives or do they keep us spinning in place? Are our habits crowding the hours of our days or creating more time in our lives? When it comes to time management, these [...]
Amanda Giacomini and some of her 10,000 Buddhas on a Miami Wall. Photo by Matt Roy Lessons about practice and community through painting 10,000 Buddhas In 2017, artist Amanda Giacomini achieved her multi-year goal of painting 10,000 Buddhas. She did this by screen printing on paper, oil painting on wood, and by [...]
Dr. Tererai Trent has a story to tell. In The Awakened Woman: Remembering & Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams, she recounts her own personal journey from a rural cow herding village in Zimbabwe, where she married young, to earning multiple degrees in the United States culminating in a PhD. This journey serves as a foundation for [...]
The cover of this inspiring book, Dancing in the Unknown features the collection’s editor Betsy Chasse as a vibrant, be-dazzled, ethereal figure leaning back into…. well, the unknown. She represents every person who ever took a leap of faith, even if they had no clue where they would land. What Happens if we Jump off the [...]
When a yogi and a hip-hop artist decide to join forces and help counteract the craziness that's going in our world, wonderful things happen....like the new album Inclusion Revolution: Together with Love. It's an amazing example of a spiritual hip hop meditation combination. Sister Jenna and JoRob Provide Soulful Musical Meditation Sister Jenna is the [...]
Right in the thick of some of the darkest moments in today’s world, Krishna Das releases his new and 15th album of mantra music. The album is Trust in the Heart. And I feel the timing is perfect. Krishna Das and Mantra Music I immediately listened to the complete work when I received this album. I unequivocally [...]
How to Survive Your Childhood Now That You’re an Adult by Ira Israel is both scholarly and accessible. Ira Israel is a prolific and accomplished psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and author. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania and subsequently studied for 25 years in Paris, India, Los Angeles, Connecticut, and Santa Barbara. Israel earned graduate degrees [...]
Musician Chris Brown. Photo by Kirsten Ritchie Chris Brown as a Musical Activist When Hugh Christopher Brown built a studio on Wolfe Island, in Ontario, Canada, he didn't know the effects it would have. It was only after some time when he realized that it would inspire him to enter the nearby prison [...]
Yoga for Diabetes by Rachel Zinman I wish I had this book when I was diagnosed with type one diabetes 25 years ago! My journey with yoga and Ayurveda as a path to self-healing is right in line with the teachings offered in Yoga for Diabetes by learned yogini Rachel Zinman (check out her blog!). [...]
As of 2017, Nahko and Medicine for the People have released three studio albums. Each one is bursting with romping, feel-good anthems full of percussion and thought-provoking poetics. Throughout their body of work, their music has always felt multi-cultural, combining a variety of musical styles with Native American and Hawaiian wisdom. In his first solo album, [...]