Sanskrit Comes Alive They say if you’re drawn to Yoga in this lifetime, it’s because you’ve had a relationship with it in a past life. If this is true, I’d bet Joel Bender has been down the path of Yoga before. I began practicing Ashtanga with Joel five years ago at Center for [...]
There are days when reality seems to unravel before our eyes. We are shaken, torn down, stripped of what we believe. A scandal breaks out at the ashram or Yoga studio. A friend turns against us. The person we married turns into someone we don’t recognize, or wish we did not know. The banking and [...]
Ron Alexander The Transformative Power of Creativity My first introduction to mindfulness expert, psychotherapist and teacher Dr. Ron Alexander was at a meditation workshop he co-facilitated with Judith Orloff, MD held at Exhale Sacred Movement in Venice. His engaging and thoughtful presence is the very embodiment of mindfulness. The practice he teaches and [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 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 am a sixty-year-old woman who has been told that [...]
On Creating A Circle Of Grace HEALING IS CAROLINE MYSS’ life work. She teaches, she writes, she speaks, and she’s emphatic about it. Her bestsellers include Anatomy of the Spirit, Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can, Sacred Contacts and Entering the Castle. Her upcoming book, Beyond Reason: Healing Through Mystical Wisdom and Common [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 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 am a sixty-year-old woman who has been told that [...]
CITES CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. It is an international voluntary agreement. When governments sign on, it is legally binding if they implement complementary domestic legislation. CITES has one of the largest international memberships of participating countries among conservation agreements. It was initially adopted in [...]
Ancient Grains, New Recipes Quinoa is a 6,000 year old grain grown by the Incas in what is modern-day Peru. The I Incas referred to quinoa as chisaya mama, or mother of all grains. Quinoa (botanical name Chenopodia quinoa) is different from many other grains that are botanically grasses as it is more closely related [...]
Practice Pages: English Our bodies are powerful ways in which we experience the world. This is particularly the case for children, and when they are encouraged to experience somatically the heroic journey for themselves through reenacting a story, greater self-awareness occurs. It wakes them up from the inside. Storytime Yoga encourages such mind/body connection [...]
Psalm Isadora photographed by Amir Magal The Inner Journey From Pain To Bliss, The Outer Journey From Practice To Giving Back Psalm Isadora's exposure to Yoga took place fifteen years ago when a friend invited her to a Yoga class at a gym. At the time, she was suffering from back pain due [...]