‘Yoga is skill in action;’ this is one of my favorite definitions of Yoga, from the Bhagavad Gita,” says filmmaker and Yoga teacher Saraswati Clere. “Yoga constantly invites us to become our better selves.” “In this world we are challenged every day, and I find it is yoga that guides me in the skill [...]
Hanuman’s birthday is honored every April at the Vedanta Temple. For more information visit: vedanta.org. There are 1008 reasons why I love Hanuman… here are the Top 10: He can fly without wings…‘nuf said. He is the God of being devoted to God… it’s redundant and awesome. His delivery is [...]
Hollywood’s Mirth Mogul And His I Am Mission Tom Shadyac is a Hollywood director, writer, and producer best known for working with comedic geniuses such as Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, and Steve Carrell. As an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, Tom created the infamous “Are You a Preppie?” poster before migrating to [...]
Artivist Film Festival: December 1 - 4 Stories inspire, awaken, activate and propel us into action. At least this is the hope held by filmmakers sharing compelling stories of what is being done globally to forward human rights, animal advocacy and environmental conservation and caretaking. Throughout the four days, 45 documentaries, narratives, shorts and experimental [...]
Many in the West still hold the idea that their Yoga practice is purely physical fitness. Some might be surprised to discover that this profound science of well-being draws from a 5,000-year-old tradition of balancing body, mind and spirit to strengthen an individual’s immediate experience of the divine. Myths of the Asanas: the Stories at [...]
The Kyoto Hotel in downtown Los Angeles is a portal today. Braced against the streets of chaos, the Little Toyko-5 star is pressed tightly against the homeless vortex of Skid Row. In a few hours, Reluctant Healer, David Elliott will incite another kind vortex here. A whirling mass of self inflicted healing in a pranayamic [...]
Thoughts On An Endless Question “No one owns Yoga,” said Sharath Rangaswamy, the grandson of the late Ashtanga Yoga guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Sharath paused comfortably, sanguinely sitting in lotus. He looked around the room, and then continued, “You don’t own it. I don’t own it. No one owns it.” We had gathered at [...]
Shangri-La In the 1950's, a religious order rooted in ancient Indian philosophies established a center in the hills of Montecito. Have a century later, the Vedanta Society of Santa Barbara remains a serene retreat that embraces all faiths God was not especially welcome in our New Jersey home. On the contrary, my father offered the [...]
Actress and health advocate Mariel Hemingway has made a name for herself that serves as a stark contrast to the legacy of her famous grandfather, writer Ernest Hemingway. Her exploration of health and well-being, Yoga, food and cooking have been public ones through her willingness to speak and through her bestselling books which include Finding [...]
Buy locally, think globally…and watch Food, Inc. The messages in this film certainly make it worthy of being part of this trifecta of a motto. As the price of food is rapidly rising and the same food’s nutritional value is decreasing, the release of this feature-length documentary film in theaters and on DVD could not [...]