2011

Hey, Yoga Girl!

by Amy Eyrie 11.29.2011
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As yoga grows in the West, we see a creative, crazy and sometimes disturbing integration of ancient spiritual practices and modern, western capitalism. In the case of Yoga clothing retailer Lululemon Athletica who promoted Ayn Rand’s selfish philosophy called Objectivism on their bags by asking “Who is John Galt?” (a character in the novel Atlas [...]

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Earth Meditation

by Amy Eyrie 11.13.2011
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.  Chief Seattle Earth is a living, breathing biosphere of energy, supporting us as we grow and evolve. We are creatures of magnetism [...]

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One Light: The Musical Journey of Jeanne Newhall

by Kat Stimac 10.16.2011
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I was given a rare opportunity to participate in a Kirtan recording session with musical virtuoso Jeanne Newhall, who was making her first album of ancient Hindu chants entitled Blossom of Transformation. I originally meant to experience the process and interview Jeanne, but our discussion took me to unexpected places as we explored the parallels [...]

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Uncontacted Tribes: The Last Free People on the Planet?

by Amy Eyrie 09.11.2011
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It’s hard to believe, but indigenous tribes continue to exist on our planet. These tribes have never had contact with the Internet, iPads, mass-produced food, manufactured drugs, rock & roll, rapid transportation, TV and the other myriad wonders and vices of our society. And like many living beings we encounter, their continued existence is in [...]

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Moksha Festival: An Insider’s View with Arvind Chittumalla

by Sony Trieu 08.02.2011
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As the long, warm days following the summer solstice unwind, Los Angeles will hold the first Moksha Fesitival at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center on Aug 13th and 14th.   The Moksha Festival will celebrate Yoga and its sister sciences, Ayurveda, Mantra, Jyotish, Vaastu and Kirtan and was created, organized and funded by Arvind Chittumalla. [...]

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The Proof is in the Potato: A Case for Eating Organic Foods

by Sony Trieu 07.18.2011
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When I can’t sleep, I go to my laptop and log onto Facebook  to see who else is insane enough to be up at 2:30 in the morning.  That’s when I found an item posted by my friend Samantha Kaplan about a child’s science project gone haywire. In the video, a girl named Elise is [...]

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The Dreamtime: Aboriginal Wisdom

by Amy Eyrie 07.05.2011
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The tribal wisdom of the Earth was sealed off, like an insect caught in amber, for 40,000 years, then given to us in the form of Aboriginal Wisdom. The indigenous Australians have 230 languages and countless dialects, but all of them speak of The Dreaming. The Aboriginal people did not use letters or write books, they [...]

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Spam Challenge: How I dealt with my anger (Ram Dass interviews Thich Nhat Hanh)

by Sony Trieu 06.21.2011
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Angry!  That’s what I felt the morning I received numerous calls and e-mails from my friends informing me that my Blissful Thai Yoga Therapy e-mail account was compromised.  Scammers got hold of my password and wrote a fraudulent e-mail to all my Yahoo contacts from my business account, asking them to send money because I [...]

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The Gift of Self Love: Kirtan Wallah with Yoga Teacher Ashley Wynn

by Sony Trieu 06.14.2011
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What’s a Wallah, you ask?  According to the Mirriam-Webster definition, it is “a person who is associated with a particular work or who performs a specific duty or service (the book wallah was an itinerant peddler — George Orwell).   It made perfect sense why Ashley would refer herself as a Kirtan Wallah, since she assists [...]

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Prince Dance Group: Incarnations of Lord Vishnu

by Staff Writer 06.09.2011
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India’s Prince Dance Group, based in Berhampur, Orissa, is rags to riches tale. Led by T. Krishna Gopal Redd, the group hails from a remote part of India, most of the members are from disadvantaged sections of the Ganjam district. Two of them, Padmanabha Sahu and Telu Tarini are physically challenged. After competing on a talent show called India’s [...]

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The Energy Connection: Yoga and Core Energy Coaching

by Marla Gorlick 05.30.2011
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Yoga was on my list of things to do before I die.  All I needed was a little more time to fit it in my already busy schedule. Sound familiar? My children decided that they had heard enough of this.  So with love in their hearts and a giant Tootsie Roll-shaped package in their hands, [...]

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