A fitness routine based on aesthetics feeds your ego, not your spirit. By increasing your ego, you actually become more vulnerable, more susceptible to the everyday occurrences that are out of your control. By feeding your ego, you ignore what you truly need in order to create something your ego desires. Consequently, you end up [...]
Yoga Teacher Kent Katich Shares Practice Secrets With NBA Stars Challenge a competitive athlete with something that they can’t do, and they are not able to resist. Kent Katich was playing basketball professionally in Sweden when he noticed a teammate practicing headstands. This sparked his interest, as he said, “It was something I couldn’t do.” [...]
Can Yoga Help Kids And Teens Learn? Have you ever found yourself wishing that the practice of Yoga were available to you as a child or teen in school? Fortunately, many kids and young people today will look back on their school days and recall learning downward facing dog and/or breath of fire. The benefits [...]
Hot Yoga in Santa Monica HOT 8 YOGA is Santa Monica’s newest and largest hot Yoga studio located on 2nd Street and Santa Monica Boulevard. Partners Linda Kim and Vincent Nicoletta along with help from friend and Hot 8 instructor, Deanna Ainsworth, opened the studio in May. “Hot 8 Yoga will provide you with the [...]
Ayurvedic Practitioner And Yoga Teacher Who Asks Himself, "What Would Hanuman Do?" “Since 1984, I’ve been trying to leave Los Angeles.” Arun Deva still lives, teaches Yoga and Ayurveda and practices Yoga therapy and Ayurveda – all in Los Angeles (and points beyond). It’s fortunate for Angelenos that fate has kept him in this city [...]
Swami Kriyananda on Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita Autobiography of a Yogi is a book with a profound impact over the decades since it was written by the great master Yogananda. Among many who have been touched by the words, physical presence or energy of this teacher is Swami Kriyananda, who was only in his [...]
Sada Sat Kaur has been putting out her melodic chants for many years and her music is seasoned like the light moving into the seeds of the heart. Mantra Masala is Kaur’s latest Spirit Voyage release and it will bring joy to her dedicated followers and newcomers. Kaur is one of the best in the [...]
A Selection Of New Books For Parents The dance of family relationships can be very delicate. As a relatively recent parent I am always looking for new ways to educate myself on the parent-child relationship, and how to best support the growth of my child in all aspects of life. Reading the following three books [...]
Yoga Is Life-Changing For Survivors Of Domestic Violence From businessman/entrepreneur to filmmaker/Yogi, Rich Tola’s life definitely had its twists and turns. Five years ago, he was living in New York, working on Wall Street and dreaming of a life change. He had tried Yoga, failed to connect with the practice, but kept reading about it. [...]
Digestive diseases and related imbalances are more common than imbalances in any other system of the body except the mind. While conditions including irritable bowel syndrome, gastric reflux disease, ulcers and ulcerative collitis are quite common, it is the milder disturbances such as gas, bloating, cramping, constipation and diarrhea that plague most people. Everyone [...]