Sharing Strength through Movement and Meditation Mandy Ingber knows something about the experiences that break our hearts, how to find the inner strength that allows us to straddle the chasm of our challenges, and how to move in order to heal the body, the mind, and the emotions. These are lessons she learned the hard [...]
Retrain your Taste Buds We are creatures of habit and our habits then perpetuate everything about us as a creature. For example, our relationship with our taste buds is in some ways a habit. We become habituated to taste and this affects how we we then make choices about what we eat based in part [...]
Photo by David Young-Wolff Yoga on Location: Ryan Orrico at 10,000 Buddha Mural Wall by Amanda Giacomini Ryan Orrico is wearing shirt by SPIRITUALAF.COM. Photographed in front of the 10,000 Buddha Mural by Amanda Giacomini. @10000Buddhas in Venice photo by David Young-Wolff (DAVIDYOUNG-WOLFF.COM) Ryan Orrico teaches burn at Maha Yoga (mahayoga.com/6AMYOGAPARTY). RYANORRICO.COM [...]
The same devotion-filled voice of musician Snatam Kaur fills the pages of Original Light. If you’ve heard celebrated mantra singer Snatam Kaur chant, you were likely moved by her devotion-filled voice. In her desire to help sustain such inspiration beyond the concert hall, she’s penned a new book that guides people on “a path to [...]
Kate Duyn Cariati shares a practice inspired by a lifetime of exploration and self expression. A small girl sits on the floor, swirling in circles while watching Wonder Woman. Not a child of yogis, her body intuitively loves to make shapes and move. Today she still teaches this circling movement, but she calls it “Lucky [...]
Developing the Superpower of Direct Focus Dristi is most commonly known as the gazing point on which the eyes may focus. The word “dristi,” derives from the Sanskrit root “drstr,” which is where we get our English word “to direct.” Dristi can refer to a focal point, yet it is more than simply where we [...]
With winter in the rearview mirror, it's a breath of fresh air to get active outdoors—and walk. The first Wednesday in April even marks the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day, kicking off a month of initiatives to encourage people to put one foot in front of the other for at least 30 minutes a [...]
Self-care practices rich in nourishment and self-love can be found in Ayurveda. For any operating system, regular maintenance is key to optimal performance and longevity. For our human operating system maintenance includes regular self-care in order to experience a finely tuned physical body, healthy state of mind, a well-balanced emotional operating system, and a daily dose [...]
Meditating with The Radiance Sutras One of the genius insights of yoga and meditation traditions is that we can pay attention to the flow of life through our bodies. We have the power to be intentionally self-aware at any time, in any place, in any way. Pranayama, asana, and meditation are practices designed to encourage [...]
Seeing the Sacred Feminine in Spirituality at the Parliament of World Religions There is a shift beginning to emerge in disparate corners of the world: the rise of the feminine archetype. We see it in politics, business, and pop culture. Like Katniss Everdeen, a modern-day Artemis in The Hunger Games, women are fighting to preserve [...]