Question: I crave hot and spicy foods and seem to need them to stimulate my digestive fire. The problem is that they aggravate my hot flashes. Is there anything I can do for my hot flashes that will not dampen my digestive fire? Answer: I presume from your question that you are in your perimenopausal stage of [...]
Our sense of hearing is a vital part of who we are, how we relate to the world, and on a spiritual level it is a vital part of how we relate to the Divine. Unfortunately, as we age our ability to hear typically begins to decline and as a result, so too does the [...]
These colorful produce items all peak in Southern California in November, providing a gorgeous bounty for your Thanksgiving table. Ayurveda divides the world among three primary doshas or seasons – vata (Fall into the early part of Winter), pitta (Summer) and kapha (late Winter into Spring) and we in the West tend to [...]
The Indian name for the planet Mercury is Budha, derived from the Sanskrit root “budh,” which means “awaken, become aware.” A “buddha” is an “awakened one.” With its slightly different spelling, “budha” means “awakening,” as well as “intelligent, clever, or wise.” It can also denote a “wise or learned person.” In ancient Greek and Roman [...]
Free Yoga For Children With Special Needs What have I been put here to do? It’s a question I asked after recently seeing Wayne Dyer speak. It has become clear that I am here to inspire and to heal, through teaching Yoga, and even more importantly, through giving back. Through seva. My sister wrote the [...]
Yoga in the Fashion District THE YOGA PLACE is located in the California Market Center in the heart of Downtown LA’s Fashion District. “Knowing there are few studios in the area, I wanted to make Yoga accessible and mostly affordable to the community,” says studio owner, Denise Waling. The Yoga Place is a quaint and [...]
The ancient and revered epic of The Ramayana takes us through the entire gamut of human experience: love, loss, adventure, betrayal, devotion, heroism, fear and back to karma, dharma and yes, love. It’s a two thousand-year-old sacred text that has been interpreted and reinterpreted around in the world and in multiple media. In this innovative [...]
“The future of sustainability is in our cities and towns. Urban neighborhoods are ideal for the promise and potentials of permaculture design. Our cities embody the greatest concentration of the social, intellectual and physical resources needed to create a sustainable system.” - Larry Santoyo. EarthFlow Design Works. Vice President of the Permaculture Institute. Permaculture (named [...]
Benefits of Forest Bathing and Taking a Walk in the Woods One can easily enough imagine a walk in the woods as peaceful and promoting a feeling of well-being. The Japanese, having acknowledged the therapeutic benefits of such time, even have a word for it – Shinrin-Yoku – forest bathing. Immersing oneself in nature is [...]
Ritual in Motion, Unmasking the Secrets of the Body Through The Thinking Body, The Feeling Mind® When you step over the threshold of Linda Lack's Two Snakes Studios on La Cienega Boulevard where she teaches her signature technique of The Thinking Body, The Feeling Mind®, there is an immediate feeling of entering sacred [...]