October 2008: Volume 7 / No. 8 Salt Water, Surf and Cystic Fibrosis Detoxification, cleansing, rejuvenation and healing can happen on the mat and for some people, particularly surfers, in the sea. Hitting the water refreshes the body and calms the mind. As a surfer rides a wave, magic unfolds. Time stops, washing [...]
The Ancient Ayurvedic Practice of Shirodhara Daily life is becoming more and more a plague of constant stress. In any given moment, there is a barrage of information competing for our attention. It is no wonder that we are increasingly feeling the effects of stress-related diseases and an increase in diseases exacerbated by constant stress. [...]
When we think of Thanksgiving, we may wish to create menus with traditional dishes, yet some of these may not be the first choice for diners seeking a vegetarian, vegan or cruelty-free diet. No matter what we decide to cook and serve as a main dish, from an Ayurvedic perspective, the fall season and holiday [...]
Hurdling To Yoga There have been a lot of hurdles in Amy Wheeler’s life. For fourteen years, she was a heptathlete, training for and competing in division one track and field; heptathletes participate in high jump, shot put, javelin, 200 meter, 800 meter and hurdles. “You look like a hurdler,” T.K.V. Desikachar told [...]
Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe will be playing, making peace and inspiring the crowd to groove and dance at Urban Yoga in Palm Springs on Saturday, October 11, 7:30 P.M. Urban Yoga Center, 458 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA. urbanyoga.org Following Sound into Silence By Kailash Following Sound into Silence By Kailash (Kurt [...]
Pack for Burning Man to Eat a Peach on Day Five on the Playa Whether you’re packing for a week in the counterculture fest of Burning Man (where for one week, Nevada’s third largest and most ephemeral city is created in the Black Rock Desert) or a family-based backcountry adventure, planning ahead and [...]
Let’s face it – anything related to the health of our kids is controversial, and oftentimes contentious, making writing about a non-mainstream approach to children’s nutrition daunting. Yet we suggest the vast majority of parents in this country are feeding their children a less than optimum diet, which is the root of many ongoing health [...]
In 2001, the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers (IABYT) helped me take a quantum leap forward in consciousness. When I attended their Annual Summit & Retreat. I had recently resigned my position as the head of a high-profile entertainment company, and was in dire need of a new understanding of my identity: Who [...]
We may think we know what it means to be healthy and we may see health as the absence of disease. But in many traditional systems of medicine, including Ayurveda, health is so much more. Truly being healthy also includes our outlook on life, our relationships with others and with the Earth, and the ability [...]
Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy by Mukunda Stiles, Lotus Press, 2008 At first glance, I have to admit, this modest looking book, devoid of color photographs, looked b-o-r-i-n-g! But, out of respect for the author, who I first met in the 1970s when we were both taking our teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute in [...]