Palm Springs Film Festival 2015

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:12:49-07:00January 7th, 2015|Film|0 Comments

Monk with A Camera

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:17:32-07:00December 5th, 2014|Film|0 Comments

Film Review: Monk with a Camera

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:17:59-07:00December 4th, 2014|Film|0 Comments

Film Review: Wild

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:18:25-07:00December 3rd, 2014|Film|0 Comments

Jeff Bridges sets a place at the American Table

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:18:44-07:00November 19th, 2014|Film|0 Comments

Book Review: Yoga and Body Image

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:18:58-07:00November 14th, 2014|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

Book Review: Yoga for Warriors

  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 [...]

By |2017-05-24T14:58:30-07:00November 11th, 2014|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

Awakened Film Festival Synopsis

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 |2014-11-01T09:23:18-07:00October 30th, 2014|Film|0 Comments

Book Review: The Gratitude Game

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 [...]

By |2015-04-10T22:21:26-07:00October 30th, 2014|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

Film Review: Song of the New Earth

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 [...]

By |2020-07-18T06:48:30-07:00October 24th, 2014|Film|0 Comments
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