Sometimes a t-shirt is far more than a piece of fabric, or an item of clothing. There are times when a t-shirt can become a powerful statement, a wearable Karma Yoga of activism. This is certainly the case for the line Revenge Is… While the name itself is a bit of a mind-stopper, it asks [...]
Practice Pages: Meditation Three-Minute Kundalini Yoga Techniques To Repaint The Blues, Reduce Stress And Negativity And Increase Joy “Your house is on fire, you’d better come with me,” a colleague said as he interrupting my meeting. I stood up in shock; surely he was joking. I had just been home for lunch and I quickly recollected [...]
"MC Yogi Brings Joy And Gladness To The Heart." -- Krishna Das MC Yogi is a phenomenon. The next big thing in sacred chant, he’s a rap artist with profound social awareness (check out his songs about Obama and Gandhi) and has a penchant for Hip Hop Hinduism (ala Ganesh, Hanuman, Rama, Krishna and others). [...]
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. Ayurveda has been practiced in the US for only about 30 years, yet it is one of [...]
Imagine having difficulty getting to work on time, paying your bills, performing household chores and staying organized. Imagine letting yourself or letting your loved ones down, because you can’t cope with responsibilities. One explanation for this could be a condition often associated with children. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects approximately eight percent of children [...]
the collective effort to name september 21 as an annual day of peace September 2008: Volume 7/No. 8 “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) Actor Jeremy Gilley described his last screen role as “a crazy sci-fi character trying to save the planet.” This actor, filmmaker [...]
There really is no department within our government that looks at alternatives to war and violence. This is a department whose time has come.” U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland We have a State Department. A Defense Department. A Department of Homeland Security. Why don’t we have a Department of Peace? It’s an idea gaining momentum [...]
We may think we know what it means to be healthy and we may see health as the absence of disease. But in many traditional systems of medicine, including Ayurveda, health is so much more. Truly being healthy also includes our outlook on life, our relationships with others and with the Earth, and the ability [...]
“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but interest patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, exercise and in the cause and prevention of disease.” –– Thomas Edison Treat the Patient Not the Disease – this was the title of an article that introduced me to naturopathic medicine in 1997 [...]
Smackdown on the Mat: Yoga for Regular Guys, Gals, Soldiers and More As the sun sets over Griffith Park and the Hollywood Hills, Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) and his “favorite hot yoga babe” Angella Cole sit in lotus. The Rolling Stones are playing as Page’s strong voice instructs the class to get into [...]