Nicky Vreeland…the Monk with a Camera is now in Front of the Camera A new documentary showcases glimpses into the life of a fashionable Westerner who chose the path less traveled. Interview by Felicia Tomasko For those who knew Nicholas Vreeland before he shaved his head, he might have been an unlikely Buddhist monk, much less [...]
Directed by Guido Santi and Tina Mascara A dedicated photographer met Khyongla Rato Rinpoche (The Tibet Center founder) in 1977, the Dalai Lama in 1979, became a monk in 1985, and the Abbot of Rato Monastery in 2012. His story is unique becauase he is first Westerner named to this post in a Tibetan Buddhist [...]
Produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon, directed by Jean Marc Vallee Reese Witherspoon certainly went on a wild ride in the just-released film Wild. Unprepared, naïve, yet determined to walk away her personal issues, her character undertakes a 1,100-mile hike up the Pacific Crest Trail. The story is based on the best-selling memoir Wild: From [...]
Through coalition building and filmmaking, Bridges is on a mission to eliminate childhood hunger. We may know Jeff Bridges best for his decades of work in front of the camera, not the least of which is as the Dude in the The Big Lebowski or as a fading star in Crazy Heart. Yet, some of [...]
Edited by Melanie Klein and Anna Guest-Jelley Llewellyn Publications Some people assume that yoga is not for them, based on their perception of themselves or the portrayal of yoga in the West. It’s not until they find themselves on a yoga mat when they can truly understand the power and multiple benefits of a dedicated [...]
In her book, Yoga for Warriors, Beryl Bender Birch illustrates how yoga is as a healing tool for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the physiological response many veterans experience upon returning home from a war zone. Birch, the cofounder of Give Back Yoga Foundation, has personally provided yoga as a healing technique for PTS [...]
The mission of the Awakened World International Film Festival Retreat’s is to “express the voice of the spiritually nature movement.” To this end, the 18 inspirational films shown throughout the week include: People vs. the State of Illusion, Dying to Know, and The Power of the Heart from Light to Life. Each film is accompanied [...]
By Natalie Pace Waterfront Digital Press In her latest book, best-selling author, teacher of financial literacy, and number one stock picker Natalie Pace addresses how we turn intention into whole-hearted prosperous action. As she says, the most significant word in the Law of Attraction is action; so her book The Gratitude Game: 21 Days to [...]
Song of the New Earth Features Sound Healing In this unique and surprisingly cinematic feature-length documentary, sound healer and brain researcher Tom Kenyon tells the story of being asked if he will sing the song of the new earth. Thankfully, for all of us, he ends up saying yes. What does this mean? Well, the [...]
Doorways to the Infinite By Sally Kempton Sounds True Since the advent of the Internet, spiritual information is prolifically available. Discerning fools-gold from precious alloy takes a level of clarity only honed by deep inner work. What really liberates us from our own conditioned ways of living as small, separate, and incomplete? How do we [...]