The Big Fix Two Yogis Journey to the Heart of an Oil Spill and Find Hope for the Future By Josh and Rebecca Tickell Each day Rebecca Harrell Tickell takes about 200 supplements, herbal remedies, and nutrapuncture pills. Then there's her daily yoga practice, the vigorous hikes, the meditations and a no-sugar, no-caffeine, vegan [...]
By Karen Henry Films that raise our consciousness related to healing, spirituality, the environment, veterans and humanitarian concerns, animal rights, and other pressing issues of today—these are the subjects filmmaker Skye Kelly is interested in conveying on screen. She does this through the Awareness Festival, now in its third year, which provides a platform for [...]
“The significant issues we face cannot be resolved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” This quote from Albert Einstein begins the new film, People vs the State of Illusion. We face challenges everyday but how do we see a way out when we feel trapped? What happens when [...]
By Selah Michele They journeyed to the top of the world and found freedom of the heart. “The journey taken in The Highest Pass was really the metaphor for living the life we want to live every moment.” –Anand Mehotra Yogi and teacher Anand Mehotra had traveled the world but had not yet stood at the [...]
Modeling Good Energy By Felicia Tomasko Masood Ali Khan (affectionately known as Moose) may be one of the hardest working musicians of the three-day weekend of the Tadasana Festival. It’s not only here when he is sharing his talent on the hang—a unique percussive/lyrical instrument from Switzerland; he often offers music and mantra with Yoga [...]
Easy Yoga Stretches with Audrey Walzer is the perfect DVD for those who desperately need the physical benefits of Yoga, but may feel overwhelmed by the philosophy or athleticism of many Yoga practices. The 240-minute DVD is broken up into three types of practice sequences: those for home, office, and travel. Each section is divided [...]
In the 70s, the Z-boys made Venice Beach famous for its quintessential lifestyle with skating and surfing. Now the hip-hop band Luminaries has increased the spotlight on the Westside as a hub of conscious and spiritual living on their full-length album "One." One features guest performers including kirtan artist C.C. White on "Surrender," I, Star [...]
With age comes great wisdom and experience, but as we know, the stability of spirit can, at times, be accompanied by immobility in the body and a false belief that movement and exercise should be left to the young. Stretch in Time, a new Yoga DVD created by Elyse Briggs, addresses a population that may [...]
Hatha and Flow Yoga for Beginners with Tamal Dodge is an ideal DVD for those just beginning to practice or for experienced yogis looking to participate in a calm, back-to-basics Yoga lesson. The DVD is divided into two half-hour segments, “Hatha” and “Flow,” making this video ideal for anyone looking to fit Yoga into their [...]
Food for the Soul is a collection of ten essays by ten authors speaking from their hearts about vegetarianism as it relates to Yogic traditions. Some non-vegetarian Yogin readers may find the book's repeated inquiry, "Can you be a Yogin and not a vegetarian?" uncomfortable, especially with the collective consensus being probably not. Before I [...]