Body Ecology author Donna Gates is a believer. “Fermented foods were one of the most important aspects of my own path to understanding health at a deeper level and are absolutely essential for creating a foundation for wellness.” Fermented foods are living cultures that are part of the traditional diets of people around the world, [...]
Yoga for Wellbeing: 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity With Jason Crandell Yoga Journal, 2008 A yogi’s greatest challenge is often finding time to practice. Jason Crandell’s latest installment in his Yoga for Well-Being series – 3 Short Sequences for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy and Mental Clarity – [...]
Ahn's Anger Gail Silver Illustrated by Christine Krömer Plum Blossom Books, Parallax Press What does it mean to sit with anger and how can we teach a child to engage in this practice? This is the aim of Gail Silver’s new book Ahn’s Anger. Silver is the founder of Yoga Child in Philadelphia [...]
The Adventures And Misadventures of a Month of Storing Trash: The Story of LA YOGA and the Green Yoga Association’s Mindfulness Challenge Winner IT’S SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009, and today is a good day because it is the last day I will be keeping my trash. I’ve managed to stuff thirty days and thirty nights of [...]
Ayurveda has been practiced in the U.S. for only about thirty 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'm a pitta (fire element) person working to restore balance including establishing an [...]
Teaching the Yoga of Respecting Nature Trees were some of my best friends when I was a kid,” Jen Jivani Futterman recalls. “I would come home from school and spend hours sitting up in the loquat trees in my backyard.” Jivani looks for ways to encourage the connection to nature she valued. She explains, “Right [...]
Continuing a Tradition of Musical Families FOR MANY IN THE YOGA community, an introduction to classical Indian music comes through joining in a kirtan and feeling the bliss, devotion and energy of this call-and-response musical form. This participatory spiritual group musical experience is one facet of Indian music. Throughout the centuries Indian music evolved from [...]
With the uncertain rollercoaster state of the worlds’ economies and the vociferous political race occurring in our own country, this cacophony of tribulations has all but drowned out continued exposure to the ongoing human rights struggles still raging in places such as Burma, Darfur and Tibet. Woeser One voice that is determined not to [...]
A New Experience of Community Waves lapped against the gentle beach in the darkness as I listened deeply to the ocean, and the lingering exhalations of the other sixty people around me. The moon was rising over the water behind Snatam Kaur, GuruGanesha Singh and Manish Vyas, who watched us silently with light in their [...]
An Interview With Andrew Hahn, The Kirtan Rabbi Rabbi Andrew Hahn, known as the Kirtan Rabbi, has been facilitating Hebrew bhajan (sacred song) over the last several years. His goal is to create a cross-fertilization of song and wisdom by bringing Jewish teachings to the Yoga world even as he presents bhakti (devotion) to the [...]