The band Dub Sutra describe themselves as "an eclectic mix of electronic dub downtempo with harmonizing chant and live instruments perfect for chill, yoga, lounge, and moving meditation." They've been taking this music around the world at yoga classes and festivals. Their second album, All Is Love Is All by Dub Sutra, achieves a splendid balance [...]
“You are the Universe.” This is what we are all so eager to hear our significant other say to us. It is also the latest edition by Deepak Chopra in his seemingly boundary-less oeuvre – a canon of consciousness studies. Cosmologist Menas Kafatos joins Chopra as co-author, as his audience expands beyond his traditional following [...]
What if you were out of hugs and had to go to the store to get more? In The Hug Store, five-year-old Shana is asked by her Grandfather for a hug. Shana replies that she is all out of hugs and tells her Grandfather she has to go to the store to get more. [...]
Beatriz at Dinner is a modern-day allegorical tale that asks some of the following questions: Is it possible to reconcile billionaire-class arrogance with earnest goodness and spirituality? Can a non-privileged, caring individual teach a lesson to a member of the one percent? With a dark undercurrent, Beatriz at Dinner is a film that is both [...]
Photo of Jack Kornfield by Deborah Jaffe Whether you read beloved teacher and writer Jack Kornfield’s latest book from start to finish, or whether you skip around and read a page here or a chapter there, the wisdom found here offers meaningful gems of inspiration, practical tools for mindfulness, and ways to [...]
If His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada tried to enter the US from India today, chances are the spiritual master would be detained. But in 1964, the septuagenarian Vaishnava Swami was welcomed to the West with open arms and proceeded to detonate a transcendental love bomb on Manhattan’s Lower East Side that transformed [...]
Deva Premal and Miten and Manose. Photo by Rishi (www.HappyLivingMedia.com) For nearly two decades, audiences around the world have flocked to performances by the beloved mantra singers, Deva Premal and Miten. At the start of their North American Temple At Midnight Tour (which stops at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on [...]
“A broken heart is also an open heart… our willingness is all it takes for healing to begin.” – David Kessler I had the opportunity to study with David Kessler, who is the world’s leading grief expert, and I found his work to be revolutionary and insightful – simple and poignant. I bought a copy [...]
Yogi Cameron’s new book The Yogi Code is an inspirational guidepost for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Cameron has condensed many of the ancient sacred teachings into a practical daily guide that is relevant for our modern and often urban lives. He identifies a sequential practice into seven universal laws of infinite success. [...]
Jai Uttal at the Parmarth Niketan Ashram The Dream A few weeks after his experience climbing a Stupa (read more here!), Jai traveled to the northern Indian city of Allahabad, where the Khumba Melas are held. The Maharaj-ji was rumored to be visiting there, soon. Jai told me the story, “By that time, I [...]