Brock Cahill says we can each make a positive contribution LA YOGA: What inspires your work with and commitment to ocean conservation issues? Brock Cahill: I am so in awe of our ocean. The ocean is the only source of life anywhere in this galaxy, or for as far as the eye can see— at [...]
Let Go and let God. Ishvara Pranidhana. Kneel before the Lord. Surrender to Source. Different forms of spirituality or religion emphasize the importance of surrendering to something greater than yourself with the promise that when we choose to follow the lead of a Higher Power, our lives will open in ways we never could [...]
Yoga for runners (or Run, Rest, Recover, Repeat) If you are running the LA Marathon this month, first of all, Congrats! What a way to spend Valentine’s Day. After the race, you may be thinking about recovering, and when it comes to recovery, nothing is better than yoga. Yes, you can rest after a race, [...]
Accessible Yoga Teacher De Jur photographed by Sarit Rogers for Love More Movement. 7 Lessons from the first Accessible Yoga Conference “The invisibility of disability” is often used as term to describe people whose challenges are not necessarily visible; for example, they may not be walking with a cane nor are they [...]
Breathe with weights Photos by Jeff Skeirik “Is only yoga doing it for me?” After a decade of dedicated yoga practice, I asked myself that question. In early 2015, I hit some form of yoga burnout. Unexpectedly, I wondered, “Is yoga the whole enchilada when it comes to helping me optimize my health?” Honestly, the [...]
Jessica Biel stars in Diane Bell's latest film Bleeding Heart. Written and directed by Diane Bell. It’s refreshing to have the practice of yoga featured prominently in the storyline of a film. Pitting the peacefulness of yoga against violence and greed, the film Bleeding Heart asks: How far will a good-hearted yogi go to defend [...]
Yoga Retreats and Festivals for 2015 and 2016 THIS HEART…HOUSE OF YOGA, MUSIC & NUTRITION RETREAT THE YOGA EXPO JANUARY 3, 2016. LOS ANGELES TheYogaExpo.org This one-day, family-friendly event in the heart of downtown Los Angeles with a $10 ticket will grant you unlimited access to 150+ yoga classes of all styles, workshops, live music, [...]
Cultivate Awareness in Yoga to Encourage Healing from Trauma Julian Walker When I took my first yoga class at Ana Forrest’s Santa Monica studio in 1992, I was quite proud of my straddle splits. I had been working with my genetically inflexible body for the previous three years in a home practice sourced from a [...]
Big fish in a small pond? LA based Yoga teacher Matt Hodges would rather be a shark in the ocean. Matt Hodges says he want to be a shark in an ocean. It’s a desire that fits his driven nature and one he’s applied to in a variety of ways in his life [...]
Remembering Jeremy Tarcher, 1932–2015 by Dean Sluyter You may not know his name, but if you meditate, practice yoga, use alternative diets or medicine, cultivate right-brain creativity, or consume information about any form of inner development, then an unlikely character changed your life. A dapper New Yorker with the patrician voice of a Franklin Roosevelt, [...]