Optimal Integral Wellness Thinking about the future can steal our attention away from the present moment and can lead us down the jagged path of anxiety. In his new DVD, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety, Ira Israel presents seven practices that redirect the mind away from the dissonance of black and white thinking. Encouraging practitioners [...]
White Swan Records I first listened to David Newman’s latest album, Travel Well, as I was giving him a lift back to the city from Bhakti Fest last Fall. Still drunk on the bhav, David popped a disc of the final tracks into thecar CD player, and we floated back to Los Angeles on a [...]
In the days when studio films boast mega budgets and mega concepts, independent films are left to carry story-driven and character-driven films that don’t reek of Hollywood and excess. Yet, this year there is much to cheer about in the Oscar nomination of intelligent films. Of the ten Best Picture Oscar nominations, only “The [...]
by Karen Henry Although the Sundance Film Festival ends each year just five weeks before the Academy Awards, the independent film festival is, nevertheless, a harbinger of Oscar nominations a full year later. This week, LA YOGA Magazine will share with you the best of 2014 Sundance: what you can look for in the theaters [...]
The first time I was introduced to the mystical sounds of Sheela Bringi was at her informal performance during the savasana portion of Sacred Dance Live in Santa Monica. With rave-like lasers still swirling from the exhausting dance party, and sweaty, panting bodies laying side by side on the wooden floor, it was easy to [...]
India.Arie Embraces Meditation and Yoga to Fuel her Music Many a yoga practitioner's playlist has included a heartfelt composition by Grammy-winning soul singer India.Arie since her 2001 Motown Records debut, Acoustic Soul. India.Arie takes us right along with her with groovy beats and thoughtful lyrics in songs like, “Beautiful,” “The Truth,” “Video,” and others. Her [...]
'Finding Fela' Film Review Directed by Alex Gibney Reviewed by Karen Henry Afrobeat could be heard thumping from Main Street during the opening weekend of Sundance Film Festival in Park City last weekend, energetically performed by theFela Kuti tribute band known as the Fela! Band. Typical of Afrobeat bands from the 70s and 80s, more [...]
Betsy Chasse, best known as the co-creator of What The Bleep Do We Know?!, takes us on another kind of spiritual journey in the pages of Tipping Sacred Cows. This is a journey that encourages us to tip our own sacred cows by examining the deeply-held but fragile beliefs we hold about ourselves and [...]
What can I say about Wah! that hasn’t been said already? Wah! was at the vanguard of the new yoga music/kirtan movement before magazine covers, yoga festivals, and yoga music record labels. Wah! was there to draw the blueprint and show us the path. It is her pioneering history and unwavering devotion that will [...]
Marianne Williamson Of the People. By the People. For the People. Marianne Williamson is one of this generation’s most influential teachers. She began her career as a lecturer in Los Angeles in 1983 and since then has published 10 books, several of which are considered staples of a spiritual literary diet. Marianne has been a [...]