Terry Oldfield's latest release is one of those records capturing the spirit and penetrating into the unseen realm of inner harmony using melodic flute solos that project sweet and joyful images. Oldfield is a critically acclaimed master artist who generates the sounds of nature and blends it with his skills on flutes and pan pipes [...]
According to Yoga science and recent research, pain is a nonverbal form of communication that usually develops from physical and/or emotional trauma. When you are hurt and unable to process the experience, the related feelings often turn into pain. If the body-mind is seen as a vibrational field of energy, its flow is constricted by [...]
Dr. James Hopkins is interested in the relationship between musical vibrations, mathematics and spirit. He performs music on an instrument that has 117 strings each of which are seven-feet long and tuned to frequencies intending to generate “infinite harmonic overtone ratios hidden within the fundamental note of each string. For the most part, Hopkins succeeds [...]
Marty Klein & Gretchen Hein Beginning Yoga for the Blink and Visually Impaired While Yoga is a practice that integrates all of the senses as a means to being present, it does not mean that a disability in one of the senses makes a person any less able as a practitioner. When one [...]
Finding An Authentic Voice: Suzanne Sterling Singing is one of the most intimate outer expressions of our essence. Whether it’s chanting the sacred names of the divine, singing along with the radio or joining our voices in happy birthday, we can feel that singing is more than just making a musical sound; it’s the [...]
Yoga on the Dance Floor Ekayani and Tom Glide Space Glide Recordings Yoga on the Dance Floor: Ekayani and Tom Glide Ekayani and Tom Glide Space’s Yoga on the Dance Floor transports Yoga to the club world through ancient Sanskrit and Bengali mantras set to the mystical and funky goddess of house music. The album [...]
The Community Shows Up To Talk About Service, Committment And Giving Gift-giving is a way to share our love. As we head into the holiday season, we can consider our relationships with each other and with the Earth as we choose gifts of all kinds that perpetuate sustainable relationships. Joni Yung Cyclist / Yogi / [...]
Continuing a Tradition of Musical Families FOR MANY IN THE YOGA community, an introduction to classical Indian music comes through joining in a kirtan and feeling the bliss, devotion and energy of this call-and-response musical form. This participatory spiritual group musical experience is one facet of Indian music. Throughout the centuries Indian music evolved from [...]
Kirtan Master Jai Uttal Speaks About Music, Love and Addiction From the banjo picking of Appalachian influences to Brazilian rhythm and classical Indian cadences, Jai Uttal’s release Thunder Love is a foot-stomping, hand-clapping ode to love and longing in all its forms. Amidst a busy touring schedule, Jai Uttal paused to talk to LA YOGA [...]
Practice Pages: Yoga Therapy What is Yoga Therapy? by Felicia M. Tomasko, RN The International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) sponsored their third annual Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR) in Los Angeles, March 5 - 8. The weekend featured a historic three-day meeting of the organization’s Council of Schools, where more than [...]