Try Your Lunch In A Thermos On The Go

According to Ayurveda, lunch is the most important meal of the day. The pitta dosha (fire element), which governs the transformation of food into the tissues of the body, is at its highest level in the daytime from 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Twelve noon is thus the best time to enjoy our main meal [...]

By |2016-06-13T23:19:31-07:00February 22nd, 2011|Recipes|0 Comments

Book Reviews

Philosophy Bites is a collection of short conversations with twenty-five prominent philosophers ranging over topics from animal rights, to philosophy, multiculturalism, architecture and atheism. Of particular interest is John Cottingham on what constitutes a meaningful life. He claims that a life worth living is one motivated by our individual goals and projects, but also modulated [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:01:22-07:00February 22nd, 2011|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

Stop

STOP Stop and breathe and listen to what’s going on inside Pause and feel and smile from deep within your soul Search and find and follow the path that calls your name Do nothing Be everything Stop moving just ... STOP. *2007 Word Is Born Dylan Barmmer is a writer, poet, performance artist and yogi [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:02:01-07:00February 22nd, 2011|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

On Gratitude

It starts in third grade, those formal lessons in mathematics: the counting of negative numbers. -1, -2, -3, and on and on and on. The counting of things that are not there. If you’re like me – which is to say, human – then you’ve no trouble at all counting deep into the abyss: the [...]

By |2016-11-23T01:13:34-08:00February 10th, 2011|Health & Wellness|0 Comments

Ayurveda Q & A

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. Question: Are there any Ayurvedic dietary or herbal recommendations for a chronic and [...]

By |2016-12-12T04:45:23-08:00February 10th, 2011|Ayurveda|0 Comments

Karma Yoga: Political Strategy, Spiritual Strength

As director of YogaActivist.org in Washington, D.C., Jasmine Chehrazi already has an impressive resume at the age of 29. She has opened studios in and taught in outreach programs in poor neighborhoods, created a database of hundreds of Yoga teachers working with alternative populations and devised a technique of teaching Yoga to those who suffer [...]

By |2016-12-07T23:56:50-08:00December 27th, 2010|Cause & Activism|0 Comments

Sitting Down With: Ram Dass

Be Here, Be Love, Be Now with Ram Dass To even attempt to put words to the impact Ram Dass’ grace and presence has had over the past forty-plus years would be a task, indeed. In 1967, one young Dr. Richard Alpert, former Harvard psychologist, made a foray to India in 1967, where he met [...]

By |2019-08-06T15:25:09-07:00December 8th, 2010|Teacher Profiles|0 Comments

Vegan Caramel: Decadence Made Healthy For The Holidays

Through deep exploration of the art of vegan cooking, I have discovered it is relatively easy to alter a traditional non-vegan recipe that requires excessive oil, sugar, refined ingredients or dairy to craft a considerably healthier, vegan version, without ever compromising substance, taste, complexity or nutritional value! By uniting the powerful dietary principles of Ayurveda [...]

By |2012-08-11T19:56:53-07:00December 6th, 2010|Recipes|0 Comments

Book/DVD Reviews

If you ask a yogi or yogini what keeps him or her coming back to the mat, the answer usually boils down to, “It works.” The question now gaining prominence is not, “Does it work?” but rather, “How does it work?” Dr. Susan Smalley, Founder and Director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC), and [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:04:45-07:00December 6th, 2010|Books & DVDs|0 Comments

Sundancing With The Muse

Feature Film About Shaman, Yogi And Artist Heyoka Merrified Premieres In Ojai The burning sweet grass smoke wafting from the Earth and Sky Temple (honoring the sacred masculine and feminine spirits) begins Heyoka Merrifield’s day. He lights his peace pipe (based on the tradition brought by White Buffalo Woman) which he hand-carved from pipestone from by [...]

By |2015-04-11T06:05:12-07:00December 6th, 2010|Interviews|0 Comments
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