By Courtney Aldor
Over the years, I’ve tried many types of meditation; Zen, Zazen, Breath-work, Yoga Nidra, Guided, Visualization, Mandala and, before James Brown’s 4-day Vedic Path Meditation workshop, I opted to meditate daily by chanting a Sanskrit mantra. Loudly. And only in the comfort of my own home...
By Rachel Nichols
Deepak will discuss the roadmap for "higher health" based on the latest findings in both mainstream and alternative medicine as well as share insights from his new book, Radical Beauty: How to Transform Yourself from the Inside Out...
By Rachel Nichols
If you’re looking to discover what your true desires are or how to simply create actionable goals to get where you want to be, check out an upcoming day-long workshop, Bhakti Yoga & The Desire Map Urban Retreat...
By SF Yoga Mag
Zenrez is a promotional booking platform that allows you to discover the best fitness studios and book classes last-minute...
By Ashley Shires
There were so many amazing instructors at the Steamboat Movement Fest, including Bhakti yogi Rusty Wells, with his great sense of humor, his down-to-earth teaching style and his dance party playlist...
By Christian Martin
For the ninth year in a row, people from up and down the West Coast gathered in the coastal forest near Tidewater Falls in Oregon August 12-14 to celebrate, dance, expand and connect...
By Courtney Aldor
Originally, I set out to do a simple question and answer interview with the inspiring Priscilla Bright, MA on her upcoming energy healing workshop with Anne Hoye September 16-18 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. But as soon as she spoke, I knew that wouldn’t do...
By Amy Hyun Swart
The more we see each other as resources, the more we can shift from the perspective of scarcity and into a perspective of being enough...
By Courtney Aldor
Tomorrow night at The Center SF, James Brown will be holding a Vedic Meditation session followed by a Dharma Talk on the subject of relationships, details here. In the spirit of his upcoming event and since I just learned (and learned to LOVE) this ridiculously effective technique, I thought I’d share 4 excellent uses for Vedic Meditation...
By Rachel Nichols
In Kundalini yoga we believe that, at the soul level, we are all perfect and pure,” she said. “The challenge is with the mind and our sense of identity. I always keep reminding myself and students that we are already perfect and healed; we just need to remember it by clearing the mind...
By Rachel Nichols
The Yoga of Max's Discontent invites readers on a spiritual quest with a young investment banker, Max Pzoras, from New York as he travels to India and finds himself tested physically, emotionally and spiritually. His quest takes him high in the Himalayas, reaching his goal to become a modern-day yogi...
By Autumn Feldmeier
Our theory of change begins with people. Through personal practice, community building, and collective action we transform ourselves and restructure our world to support the conditions of wellbeing for all...
By Kelly Finnegan
Going on vacation is kind of a big deal. You work hard and you save time and money to indulge in an experience that is meant to help you reset and relax. Some people like to pack in multiple activities and others take a more laissez faire approach. Either way isn’t right or wrong, but it’s important to partake in an experience you can customize to suit your preferences...
By Colleen Crowley
Renowned meditation teacher and bestselling author Sharon Salzberg recently presented a workshop at 4th Street Yoga in Berkeley...
By Rachel Nichols
A very special woman is coming to San Francisco's Grace Cathedral to tell her story next Tuesday night on August 16 at 7:45 p.m, following Yoga on the Labyrinth, the Tuesday night yoga class at the cathedral...
By Courtney Aldor
Last week, we learned a beautiful lesson from Jasmine Tarkeshi: Realizing we all have something special to give not only makes us feel abundant, but it’s a great gift to others in more ways than one. Mandala Mondays, a creative get-together at OpenEye in San Rafael, was founded on that principle exactly...
By Christian Martin
We believe that the presentation of diverse expressions of sacred music at a single venue demonstrates their common origin and our shared relationship as a global community of contemporary devotees...
By Courtney Aldor
Every day at 2.30pm and every Saturday at 10am, Laughing Lotus hosts a Vinyasa class to benefit a non-profit serving local and distant communities. To be exact, this program, called Love Saves the Day, selects a different charity monthly to donate 50% of proceeds from their (totally packed) Vinyasa class...
By Courtney Aldor
Enter Max Strom. Max is the author of There is No App for Happiness, and A Life Worth Breathing. He’s spoken at TEDx and for Fortune 500 on the ethics of business and leads mindfulness workshops world-wide. When I heard was he was doing a talk at Yogaworks on finding our life’s purpose, I was intrigued. Maybe he'd help me figure out what to busy myself with. And after all, dear readers, which one of you doesn't want to know your life purpose? According to Strom, the answer is deceivingly simple...
By Ashley Shires
SF Yoga Magazine caught up with Jai Uttal, the Grammy nominated musician and world music pioneer, before his upcoming performance at Bhakti Fest, September 7-12, 2016. Since 1990, Jai Uttal has released nineteen albums, fusing Eastern and Western traditions in eclectic and transformative ways...
