Practice Pages : My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat I was lying in final twist, pulling my hip away from my ribs like a good little yogi, when the teacher, who didn’t know my practice that well, came over and gave me an adjustment. My back cracked. His eyes lit up; I could tell he [...]
Teaching Sanskrit Of The Hands When Lila Lolling was immersed in her Yoga teacher training program in the Sivananda Yoga tradition, she was aware of the interpreters who were translating the course material into French, Spanish and Mandarin, among other languages. Yet she noted a striking omission: There wasn’t an interpreter for the deaf. As [...]
The drought-ridden Indian state of Bihar is achingly poor, chronically dusty and famous for its corrupt politicians and gun-toting bandits. But Bihar has another, quite contrasting distinction, as the place where 2,500 years ago the thirty-five-year-old Guatama Buddha realized the innermost potential of the human mind under the Bodhi tree in the present-day city of [...]
Community: Creating Karma Organic Soup Kitchen: A Quality Meal Every Sunday morning in Santa Barbara, individuals and families gather together over organic and wholesome meals served up fresh and free for the community. Inspired and prepared by Anthony Carroccio, Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) is a nonprofit organization that believes that no person regardless [...]
Community: News Business That Touches Your Soul The Sufis talk about “the world life” and “the soul life.” They say that a person must be attuned to the soul life through meditation and inward experience while simutaneously participating full-out on Earth on the playground of the world life. Congruency is necessary: If one is not [...]
Aromatic Alchemy With Essential Oils “You were calling for a lot of tulsi in this blend,” aromatic alchemist Allison Stillman said to me with a lilting voice gazing with wise eyes as she handed me a small blue bottle containing a customized blend of essential oils. She created the concoction in the midst of our [...]
Libra Max: Animal Activist / Vegan / Yogini Those of us on a spiritual path have an even greater responsibility to be honest with ourselves about the violence we cause when we eat and wear animals. If we envision a nonviolent world, we can participate in the one that already exists by going vegan and [...]
Standing Still To Find The Authentic Self “Can you ever just stop?” Maya Rasak says one of her meditation teachers asked her this question before giving her the following advice: Stop, stop running, stop being busy and just breathe and feel. She didn’t take this advice to stop easily; it took an illness [...]
Wear Your Positive Thoughts Byron Davenport and Casey Murray are the cofounders of POSITIVE THOUGHT BRAND. Davenport came up with the logo of a radiant person and a line of apparel emphasizing the positive impact of the words we say and wear. Their shirts have a long list of messages and affirmations, including [...]
Decoding the Spiritual Messages of Everyday Life Dr. Paul Debell, MD Sterling Ethos Decoding the Spiritual Messages of Everyday Life: Dr. Paul Debell, MD We’ve all experienced climatic life situations that feel as though they’ve been orchestrated by a higher power. We could call them destiny, fate, chance or dumb luck; psychologist Dr. Paul Debell [...]