Creating Healing Music Around the World Since the 2001 release of her first solo album, Prem, Grammy-nominated devotional singer Snatam Kaur has inspired countless people with the stirring silken quality of her voice, the gentle wisdom of her writing and teaching, and her uniquely radiant presence. Healing Mantras on Nirankaar Her 16th major album, Nirankaar, [...]
The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics by Dean Sluyter I love diving deep into great literature. I love receiving spiritual wisdom through the written word. Not very often do I get to do both with the same book. Then again, I’m not Dean Sluyter, whose mind is a divining rod [...]
Visionary William Blake Explored Nirvana through Poetry To a natural-born visionary like William Blake, the divine is revealed by — the divine is — every ordinary object. We can try to reject it, but it’s always up in our face, like blowing sand. As he famously put it: If the doors of perception were cleansed [...]
3 Helpful Maxims to Live by from the film The Cherry Bushido With the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic, our life has forever changed. Inundated by the flood of information from media reports and social media posts, we find ourselves constantly living in fear that we may fall ill, lose our job, not be [...]
Snatam Kaur debuts “Akaal” —an exquisite first single from her new album Nirankaar Celebrated devotional singer Snatam Kaur’s latest release, “Akaal,” comes out March 4 and is the first single from her long-awaited new album, Nirankaar. The track is a heart-expanding rendition of the sacred Sikh mantra sung with all the radiant light Snatam, [...]
Michael Imperioli. Jim Spellman, Getty Images It’s another precarious pandemic morning. Michael Imperioli materializes on the Zoom screen. He leads the group in prayer, purifying breaths and a sitting meditation. He reads aloud long passages by the Tibetan Buddhist Lama, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Within one of them it states, “For such a [...]
Empowerment through Words and Action: A Conversation with Kimberly Snyder Kimberly Snyder is a prolific best-selling author, an advocate for health and wellness, a mother, and a person who authentically lives her truth. Her book, You Are More Than You Think You Are, gives us all the messages we need right now. Kimberly, this is [...]
Elected into office in 2002, Congressman Tim Ryan has been exemplifying the qualities of a Spiritual Warrior for the past 20 years. The outspoken meditator who is for working families and choice, counts farmers and vegans among his closest friends. He’s brought emotional tools to the toughest vets, and inspired even his most conservative colleagues [...]
Jai Anand photo by Kelly Fogel Jai Anand Explores the Healing Power of Ra Ma Da Sa Jai Anand (née Julie Yannatta) is a yogi, musician, and the founder of Club Kundalini, a global digital community of yoga teachers, artists, and students, whose purpose is to heal the planet by exploring and applying [...]
Divine Bliss is a Soothing Balm of Healing Music Healing music is the soundtrack that we need in our lives today. Part of the environment we create for ourselves is through sound and mantra. Spiritual singer/vocalist Sandy Khanzode understands this and offers vibrations for uplifting all of the parts of ourselves. Her second album, [...]