The Magical World of Fantastic Fungi are Integral to our Ecosystem How do we make the invisible visible? This challenge is the life work of cinematographer, photographer, director, and producer Louie Schwartzberg. Fifteen years ago, he embarked on the mission to turn his camera lens to the magical world of fungi. The result is the [...]
Monica Gagliano in the film AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness What is Consciousness? Find out in the Documentary AWARE The traditions of Yoga advocate for a deep inner contemplation of the nature of awareness. The documentary film AWARE: Glimpses of Consciousness is about that very exploration as told by six main characters: a brain [...]
Recording the Healing Power of Cat Purr Outside of Santa Barbara, musician and healer Sudama Mark Kennedy lived in Rattlesnake Canyon with his mystical cat Nunu. Nunu had a thunderous purr. Master sarod player Montino Bourbon said to Sudama “we need to record that purr.” Montino returned with his hi-tech recorder and Nunu responded to [...]
Tina and Ikettes performing (January 1976). Photograph Courtney of Rhonda Graam/HBO Tina Turner is an legend, an entertainer, a survivor….and a woman who has practiced the art of chanting for transformation. At 81, the icon reflects, “Each of us is born, I believe, with a unique mission, a purpose in life that only [...]
Manifesting for Creatives: Putting Visualization into Action Dillon Forte incorporates sacred geometry in his creative artistry. His work includes contemporary sacred geometry through tattooing, as well as fine art photography, painting, fashion, and design. In his approach to manifesting for creatives, he shares inspiring perspectives on seeing the world and our place and how we [...]
Satsang: Gathering Musical Community Satsang; it means community, it means to gather. And as Drew McManus, lead singer of the band of the same name shares, it means, “In the company of truth.” This is something McManus has been seeking in himself and the world around him for as long as he can remember. Drew [...]
Looking for Answers to Questions of Karma? It may be one of the most often-quoted and least understood concepts in yogic philosophy. Especially since it is one of the concepts that has a multi-faceted and profound meaning. It’s a term that has been bandied about so much, it has become almost trivial, an English word [...]
Embrace Nothing: If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. Live your life as it is, not bound to anything ~ Linji Killing Buddha: A Humorous Novel Approach to the Truth Listen up Bleep fans. Betsy Chasse is out with a new novel about enlightenment and questions about the deepest thoughts a modern woman [...]
Our perspective of the world is shaped by the eyes we see through and our view of the space around us and how we move through it. Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo accomplishes something provocative in Stray. She truly shows us the world through the perspective and eyes of a group of stray dogs living in Istanbul, [...]
Giving Grief Meaning: A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing and Positive Change Giving Grief Meaning: A Method for Transforming Deep Suffering into Healing and Positive Change is a gem of a book. Lily Dulan’s debut book is part memoir, part self-help. She starts by telling the heart-wrenching of losing her two-month-old daughter, Kara, [...]