Krisna Khalsa takes the Shakti Sweat DVD Workout Challenge. Are you fierce? Are you strong? Are you awakened? According to celebrity trainer and Buti Yoga founder Bizzie Gold, the quickest path to feeling fierce, strong, and awake is by making sure your workouts are all of these things. This is the inspiration for Bizzie Gold’s [...]
Energy Medicine Yoga: Book Review by Lauren Walker Sounds True The principles of energy medicine have the ability to amplify the healing power of your yoga practice. As Lauren Walker, master teacher and expert student of energy medicine, describes in this easy-to-read yet profound guidebook, energy moves in patterns. Energy forms habits. Energy is affected [...]
Music Review: Dreaming in Sanskrit by Marti Nikko and DJ Drez The first time I heard Marti Nikko sing, I was in savasana. Micheline Berry was teaching and DJ Drez (Nikko’s husband and frequent collaborator) spinning. I was struck by the resonance, melody, and powerful vibration of a voice that reached beyond the studio. Every time [...]
Universal Light Remixes (From The Unchanging), Donna De Lory CD Review De Lory Music Donna De Lory is a strong presence in both the pop and world music scenes; her initial career boost came as a hard-working back-up singer for Madonna before taking off as a pop star in her own right. After some successful [...]
Betsy Chasse Reflects on her Nightstand Reading My nightstand is a sacred place to me. It hold my favorite picture of my kids (Max and Elora), my favorite scented candle (jasmine), the perfect reading lamp, and of course a pile of books. My nightstand is often the last thing I see at night as well [...]
Directed by Ben Patterson Reviewed by Karen Henry Slamdance is like a second cousin to Sundance Film Festival, taking place simultaneously in Park City and often introducing first-rate films that are not part of the more exclusive Sundance line-up. Sweet Micky for President had its world premiere on January 24, 2015, at Slamdance. It is [...]
Consciousness takes top billing on the Cinema Marquee When we think about the previous year in review from the perspective of films focused on the spiritual themes, it feels as though 2014 was the year Conscious Cinema expanded beyond its usual niche. By the way, Conscious Cinema is not my term, it’s a phrase coined [...]
I will always remember the first conversation I had with Jared Leto. We originally met in NYC in 2008 when I was working with his former management company, The Firm. I took him to do a radio interview at Z100. At the time, Jared had just finished filming the movie Chapter 27 where he played Mark David Chapman, the [...]
Sundance 2015. It began with the flight attendant offering me a free bloody Mary on the DL for no apparent reason except to get the party started. Alrighty then! Park City Events at Sundance As usual, celebs are in Park City, parties are swinging, and gifting suites line Main Street in Park City, where most [...]
Glam, glitter, stars. This week’s Palm Springs International Film Festival is not only the first festival of the new year, but also a kick-off for the 2015 awards season. In Palm Springs, the stars were all in attendance at last Saturday’s exclusive night gala. The event’s honorees, many of whom were in attendance at the [...]