Demi Lovato talks to LA YOGA Magazine about her health, exercise regimen and meditation practice. Artist Demi Lovato is a world-traveling superstar whose new album Confident will be released on October 16. She certainly displays confidence onstage as well as in other aspects of her life. She’s focused on balance and her recently launched skin [...]
SoMantra: Where Soma and Mantra are One is more than just an album of catchy chants. It’s a tool to tap into one’s innate wisdom, mitigate daily stress, and resolve chronic pain. Scott and Shanti Medina, a husband and wife team who are the voices and writers behind this transformative approach, have been combining [...]
davidji explains stress management techniques in his new book, destressifying. All biases aside (he taught me how to meditate after all), davidji delivers a gem with his second book destressifying. I can personally attest to his mastery of stress management and the Vedic teachings of meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda, all of which combine to offer [...]
Meditation is the science and art of living, says Culadasa, a meditation master with over 40 years of experience and author of The Mind Illuminated – A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science. The book is a systematic and nuanced journey through the stages of meditation as presented in traditional Buddhist texts, [...]
The insidious crime of cyberbullying is becoming ever more pervasive in our current digital age; studies show that more than half of adolescents today actually engage in bullying or have themselves been victims. Public shaming is practically becoming a sport, and students can be harassed not only in the schoolyard but online 24/7, with [...]
'The Answer': Seeking Truth at the Awareness Film Festival 'The Answer' will play at The Awareness Film Festival on Sept. 20 at 12 p.m. It’s been an inspiring and awakening week for many at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. The festival opened September 10 and has drawn hundreds to see powerful [...]
Radicalize Director Sam Slovick Talks Skid Row and Kriya Yoga LA YOGA: Where did the initial call come from to direct the documentary Radicalize and follow the group of people catalyzing the Occupy Movement? Sam Slovick: I was working as a journalist in LA in October 2011 and I had a couple columns in [...]
Bhakti Without Borders by Madi Das and Dave Stringer -- a relaxing yoga music experience of kirtan (Kirtan Shakti) The delightful Bhakti Without Borders, produced by Madi Das and Dave Stringer, features 12 singers from five countries. It is complete with musical mastery; it is one of those albums that satisfies your devotional and listening pleasure [...]
Photo by DJ Pierce Kirtan Wallah, Krishna Das' latest album, signifies a new chapter in the chant artist's life. For thousands, the month of September signifies time to head to the desert for the annual pilgrimage to Joshua Tree Retreat Center to chant, practice, and play. The fact that Bhakti Fest is celebrating its [...]
Deva Premal & Miten with Manose Songs for The Sangha White Swan Records Deva Premal and Miten, partners in music and life for over 20 years, return with their new release Songs for The Sangha- their first since 2014's Mantras for Peace. This new album showcases their reverent interpretations of sacred mantras, along with [...]