The Community Shows Up To Talk About Service, Committment And Giving Gift-giving is a way to share our love. As we head into the holiday season, we can consider our relationships with each other and with the Earth as we choose gifts of all kinds that perpetuate sustainable relationships. Joni Yung Cyclist / Yogi / [...]
Fusionartist, Mystic Painter and Teacher Gazing at any of Fusionartist Rassouli’s creative works provides a glimpse into the mystic loving eye with which he looks at the world. Rassouli has been a celebrated and innovative painter since childhood who later trained as an architect. Born in Isfahan, Iran, and currently living in Southern California, Rassouli [...]
Fusionartist, Mystic Painter and Teacher Gazing at any of Fusionartist Rassouli’s creative works provides a glimpse into the mystic loving eye with which he looks at the world. Rassouli has been a celebrated and innovative painter since childhood who later trained as an architect. Born in Isfahan, Iran, and currently living in Southern [...]
Standing Still To Find The Authentic Self “Can you ever just stop?” Maya Rasak says one of her meditation teachers asked her this question before giving her the following advice: Stop, stop running, stop being busy and just breathe and feel. She didn’t take this advice to stop easily; it took an illness [...]
Imagine the number of umbrellas that are tossed each year, since one of them might be broken by a strong gust. Most umbrellas are made from nylon, metal and plastic – all materials that come from limited resources such as mined metal ores and oil, and the nylon and plastic could have toxic effects after [...]
Imagine that your elected representatives came to an art gallery in your neighborhood, and demanded, under threat of violence, that an exhibit be closed down because it contained photos that were upsetting to the Chinese government. That’s exactly what happened in October this year in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The prestigious Drik Gallery had [...]
Wear Your Positive Thoughts Byron Davenport and Casey Murray are the cofounders of POSITIVE THOUGHT BRAND. Davenport came up with the logo of a radiant person and a line of apparel emphasizing the positive impact of the words we say and wear. Their shirts have a long list of messages and affirmations, including [...]
Amy Wong’s Fave Five Experiences This year, the the whimsical Ojai Yoga Crib, hosted by Kira Ryder, Alana Mitnick, Uschi Gibson and the twinkle-eyed staff at Lulu Bandha’s celebrates the seventh annual event. Attendees sign up for a selection of teachers who offer their experiential classes in settings throughout Ojai, such as Krotona/the Theosophical Society [...]
Coal as an energy source has two (and only two) things going for it: it’s cheap and abundant. Both the USUS and China have tons of coal under their surfaces, and huge appetites for burning this dirtiest of fossil fuels. Mining, hauling and burning current coal could supply the world with electricity, possibly for centuries. [...]
Practice Pages : My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat I’m so excited! I’ve made a huge breakthrough in my practice. After only twelve years of determined effort, I have moved on from the first sutra to the second! At this rate I will get through all 195 of Pantanjali’s Sutras by the time I’m 2,340 years [...]