LA Yoga Magazine: July/August 2009 LIKE MANY TRADITIONS, Yoga is handed down from one generation to the next and is often shared within families. In my own family, my mother was a dedicated Yogini. My mother’s guru (teacher) was Goswami Kriyananda, the founder of the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago. I can [...]
Finding Your Inner Guide Through Lucid Dreaming Lucid dreaming is an exhilarating and enlightening experience, accessible to everyone that is an essential practice of Tibetan Yoga and has been part of Toltec Shamanism for centuries. Lucid dreaming offers the practitioner a remarkable opportunity to connect directly with inner guidance. The Yoga we practice in our [...]
Leeza Villagomez Travelled The World to Find Yoga Yoga Den is a fitting name for the family-style hub Leeza Villagomez has created in the Inland Empire, as it has the comfortable vibe of a family room where everyone looks forward to lounging, eating and playing. And, lounge, eat and play they do. Leeza is known [...]
ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT wisdom of Ayurveda, rasayama (the practice of antiaging therapies) is not limited to bringing a young look from the outside. Rather, it aims at enhancing physical stamina, mental function and disease resistance. Rasayana is an attempt to reverse biological age, to turn back the biological clock. Rasa is a Sanskrit word [...]
LA YOGA ran a contest last month: tell us your favorite veggie spot and what you order and enter to win a copy of the Foodmatters DVD. Joni Yung is this month's winner. She's an avid biker, yogini, blogger and participant in the recent City Yoga 24-Hour Yogathon for Habitat for Humanity. Where [...]
Body Ecology author Donna Gates is a believer. “Fermented foods were one of the most important aspects of my own path to understanding health at a deeper level and are absolutely essential for creating a foundation for wellness.” Fermented foods are living cultures that are part of the traditional diets of people around the world, [...]
Yoga for Wellbeing: 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity With Jason Crandell Yoga Journal, 2008 A yogi’s greatest challenge is often finding time to practice. Jason Crandell’s latest installment in his Yoga for Well-Being series – 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity – [...]
Ahn's Anger Gail Silver Illustrated by Christine Krömer Plum Blossom Books, Parallax Press What does it mean to sit with anger and how can we teach a child to engage in this practice? This is the aim of Gail Silver’s new book Ahn’s Anger. Silver is the founder of Yoga Child in Philadelphia [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the U.S. for only about thirty years, yet it is one of the systems of medicine native to India and is thousands of years old. Readers are invited to submit questions for “Ayurveda Q & A” to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com. Q: I'm a pitta (fire element) person working to restore balance including establishing an [...]
Teaching the Yoga of Respecting Nature Trees were some of my best friends when I was a kid,” Jen Jivani Futterman recalls. “I would come home from school and spend hours sitting up in the loquat trees in my backyard.” Jivani looks for ways to encourage the connection to nature she valued. She explains, “Right [...]