Learning Kirtan

The tradition of kirtan was brought to these shores by gurus, saints, devotees and musicians as the kirtan scene seems to explode exponentially, the call-and-response form of participatory chant continues its democratic ascendancy into Yoga studios, living rooms and thousand-plus seat theaters. Along this trajectory, audience members,Yoga teachers, professional musicians and novices are all learning [...]

By |2015-04-11T08:55:12-07:00June 27th, 2010|Music|0 Comments

Can Popular Music Heal The World?

(pop-u-lar: appealing to or appreciated by a wide range of people) “Every child is born the same way, not as a conflict of color but as a human being with a role to play on the planet. So we rejoice and do everything to make the future of that child be the best.” –– Angelique Kidjo [...]

By |2016-12-27T23:40:14-08:00June 27th, 2010|Music|0 Comments

In Memorium, Jason Alexander Winn

Jason Alexander Winn: November 5, 1966 – May 22, 2010 Jason Winn In 1996, Jason Alexander Winn was listening to the Joey Reynolds AM radio show while living in New York City. Bikram Choudhury came on the show and was only supposed to speak for 15 minutes, but ended up talking about Yoga [...]

By |2020-05-25T14:03:18-07:00June 25th, 2010|Cause & Activism|0 Comments

The Green Yogi: Ecofacts: Spring Food, Real Food

Picture and feel the difference between walking down the center aisle of a supermarket, and walking through a Farmers’ Market, where you can actually feel connected to the source of real, live food and you somehow find that your mood is lifted. Famers’ Markets are growing dramatically every year. In 2009, there were [...]

By |2012-08-25T19:19:59-07:00June 25th, 2010|Green Living|0 Comments

The Flow Of Desire

A Meditation On Desire from The Radiance Sutras, A New Translation Of The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra The English word desire means: “To want something very strongly; to long for; to crave,” and it comes from the Latin phrase de sidere, “from the stars.” Sideris is a “heavenly body, star, constellation.” Desire is from the heavens, [...]

By |2016-09-28T23:13:59-07:00June 25th, 2010|Meditation|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. Q: I am pregnant and am having trouble figuring out which herbs are safe [...]

By |2012-08-25T18:04:39-07:00June 25th, 2010|Ayurveda|0 Comments

Probiotic Ghee

The value of pure cow’s ghee is repeated continuously throughout the Ayurvedic texts. Cow’s milk, yogurt, butter and paneer (fresh cheese) are all hailed for their pure vibration and nourishing influence in the physiology, but probiotic ghee is said to be the best of all. The multi-step process of refinement when making ghee yields a [...]

By |2016-08-01T01:35:23-07:00June 25th, 2010|Ayurveda|0 Comments
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