After Years of Mantra, Jai Uttal Releases Instrumental Album Jai Uttal's powerful album, Gauri’s Lullaby: Music for Healing and Other Joys is born from the heart and infused with love and devotion. This is an amazing gift to the world: Jai Uttal releases instrumental album. The collection heralds the mystical rhythm of uncertainty in a [...]
Film as Activism in Understanding Mental Health May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On May 10, filmmaker Jacqui Blue released her second documentary, I Chose Life: Stories of Suicide & Survival. This followed a virtual premiere screening event on the 7th. Jacqui Blue felt it was important to address suicide by covering multiple aspects of [...]
James Sebastiano and Mark Waters are Chasing the Present The sound of traffic on a busy street. A contemplative and questioning voiceover from James Sebastiano reflecting on his history of drug use and abuse, his movement to vegetarianism and building successful businesses and his lifelong struggle with anxiety. James is the protagonist of this feature-length [...]
Darrell Hammond Doing Stand Up Comedy: from the film Cracked Up Cracked Up Now Streaming on Netflix In September 2019, Santa Monica’s second street was lined with classic rocks stars, counterculture icons, environmental warriors, music industry hit-makers, best-selling authors, trauma therapists, yoga teachers, and more. The colorful crowd lined up to get into [...]
Mountain of Memory is An Exquisite Complement to Your Next Flow Mountain of Memory is by Douglas Appling, aka Emancipator. Emancipator is an American DJ and Producer based in Portland, Oregon, known for his downtempo, ambient, dub and trip-hop influenced sets. Emancipator’s first album was released in 2006, while he was still in college. He [...]
Officer White Meditating 2: Officer Eric White of the Emeryville, California Police Department, meditates as part of a mindfulness program instituted by Chief Jennifer Tejada in order to help officers process trauma and increase positive outcomes with the public. The Mainstreaming of Mindfulness The coronavirus has affected all of us in ways [...]
Ancestors offers Guidance and Courage “Take your shoes off, my child. Touch the sacred earth with your hands. Listen to our voices guide you through the realms of time. With open eyes, bring your courage to this life.” Sukhdev Jackson sings these lines to open Aykanna’s release “Ancestors”. Poet, singer-songwriter, and storyteller Sukhdev is one [...]
The Power of Music In my mind, meditation music allows you to release the noise in your mind. This type of music helps you focus, escape daily stresses, and even transcend to another level of consciousness. Meditation music can heighten your senses and unite your mind, body, and spirit. The album Meditation Music by [...]
Now is a moment in time during which we seek solace, shelter, and wisdom in the music we listen to and the artists who create it. In The Dance & The Wonder, the new album by Sam Garrett, the audience is immediately delivered into an emotional experience. The next generation of the lineage of classic British [...]
Sound Healing: A trend that can vibrate the world to wellness More than simply a trend, sound healing practices are becoming a way of life in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond. Wellness Music is identified as one of the Wellness Trends for 2020 by the Global Wellness Institute’s Global Wellness Trends Report. In [...]