Ayurveda has been practiced in the U.S. for only about 30 years, yet it is a 5,000-year-old Indian system of medicine and yoga’s sister science. Readers are invited to submit questions for “Ayurveda Q & A” to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com. Q: My husband suffers from chronic fatigue, a condition that started six years ago when he was in [...]
12 Step Spirituality At Yoga Works on Main Streettreet in Santa Monica, CA, a didgeridoo dub-mix whumps in Vinnie Marino’s filled-to-maximum-capacity vinyasa flow class. You really gotta get here early to get a spot where the mats are squeezed close together and even the space on stage is packed. Among his students are [...]
During the Beijing Olympic Games, Tibetans and supporters around the world staged prayer vigils, hunger strikes, and protest marches to focus on China’s inhumane treatment of Tibetans. In Beijing, despite the government’s establishment of so-called free protest zones, there were at least 53 pro-Tibet activists detained, 77 rejected protest applications, approximately 15 Chinese [...]
With Tina Malia, Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe Shakti means forceful feminine energy that has the potential to transform and purify. Shakti inspires us to have faith, to love and forgive – and this is precisely the kind of powerful transformation that Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe seek to inspire through their music and their [...]
Encintas' First Annual Kirtan Festival It was only because of a new job in the San Diego area that my husband and I left Santa Barbara, the city where I discovered yoga and my spiritual practice. As we scouted this vast new region for a place to call home – with its countless [...]
Mary Dunn With great appreciation for the star that lived among us, the Iyengar community said goodbye to Mary Dunn on September 4, 2008. She passed peacefully with her family in New York. The daughter of Mary Palmer, who introduced Mr. B.K.S. Iyengar to America in 1974, Mary Dunn moved to San Diego [...]
Review of the Global Drum Project at UCLA It was a percussion aficionado’s dream when the stage of UCLA’s Royce Hall filled with the Global Drum Project. Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart and tabla master Zakir Hussain were joined by Puerto Rican percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo and Nigerian drummer Sikiru Adepoju. Knowing the experience and historical significance [...]
Twists are a time-honored remedy to kick-start the digestive system when practiced with conscious attention to breath and posture. According to gastroenterologist Sabine Hazan Steinberg, MD, “Gentle yoga twists increase blood flow to the bowels. If followed by rest, twists help the movement of the bowels. Twists are also shown to decrease inflammation.” Twists put [...]
When yoga could cause harm and what to do. Yoga Therapy: This is the first in an ongoing series on the therapeutic applications of yoga to appear in LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine. Adapting yoga practice to meet an individual’s needs is at the core of yoga therapy. In any situation, your [...]
I was used to having the most advanced practice in the room. I rocked difficult arm balances, twisted myself into complicated knots and bent myself into stunning scorpions with little effort. Thirteen years as a competitive gymnast had rendered me strong and flexible, which made for easy asana assimilation. I found my way to Ashtanga [...]