By Ashley Shires
Jai Uttal, the Grammy nominated musician, is a pioneer in the world music community. He began studying classical piano at age seven and later learned to play old-time banjo, harmonica and guitar...
By Ashley Shires
Jai Uttal, the Grammy nominated musician, is a pioneer in the world music community. He began studying classical piano at age seven and later learned to play old-time banjo, harmonica and guitar...
By Nikita Mehta
"Let me try yoga,” I said to my clinical advisor. “I think that with some chair yoga and some pranayama I can increase her lung capacity and self-confidence. I’ll find the research to back it up...."
PRESS RELEASE FROM SHAKTI FEST
Shakti Fest 2018: Yoga and Sacred Music Festival Mother’s Day Weekend May 10 – 14. Shakti Fest returns for its eighth season, this year on Mother’s Day weekend (May 10 - 14) at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, in Joshua Tree, CA...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
The heart has many faces, many moods. But there is one heart that is time-tested and true. It is the monastic heart and it is in each of us. The monastic heart is not hard or frozen, separated from the world by stone walls of old fashion rules and needless obedience...
By Autumn Feldmeier
A truly amazing festival! Yoga + Beach + Jungle + Tribal Talks + Sustainability + Witches + Live Music +Art + Connection + Meditation + so much more!! Envision, you surprise me every time...
By Andrea Bogart
Yoga for kids? What a lovely idea… if you haven’t already, may I inspire you to introduce the wonderful world of yoga and all its benefits to the children in your life? It’s never too early or too late to encourage a happy, healthy lifestyle for our youth...
By Nikita Mehta
There are 108 marma points in the body. These are vital life force points where two or more types of tissue meet. They are junctures in our body, places of incredible energy movement. In yoga we connect to these marma points when opening the heart or releasing energy through our crown...
By Deidre Norman
Everyone wants to feel loved, supported and connected. And we truly are, even when we think we’re alone. Anyone can do this work. If you can have a dream, you can do this too...
By Courtney Alex Aldor
I witnessed a plant playing a concert. Yes, a plant playing a concert. I learned about energy, herbs, astrology, divine masculine/feminine, yoga, qigong, healthy sexuality, social consciousness and permaculture communities. I met two...
By Nikita Mehta
Our thoughts, our intentions, our bodily prayer in the days and weeks after the surgery would impact what the long-term prognosis would be. I think intuitively, the both of us always knew this. But, to see something stated in such a profound way by experts like Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson, gave clout to our beliefs...
By Ashley Shires
We all belong to Sattva – it is an evolutionary thing. Sattva in sanksrit is an infinite field of knowledge, not stuck in time. It is not a series of poses that you do the rest of your life – it is an evolution...
The Sattva Summit is a boutique conscious gathering, offering the opportunity for Yogis from across the globe to gather for a week of deep healing, expansion and reason-less joy at The Sattva Retreat, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas...
PRESS RELEASE FROM WANDERLUST
Producer of the largest yoga lifestyle events in the world, reveals its epic talent lineup for Wanderlust Tremblant 2018, from August 23 to 26. Bringing together thousands of people from myriad backgrounds, Wanderlust provides the opportunity to enjoy the spirit of adventure and the freedom of live music in a spectacular mountain setting...
By Sarah Parienti
Maybe the force of life, which creates nature, makes a rose; to grow perfectly knows better than our ego what is truly good for us...
By Autumn Feldmeier
Shahla's first trip to India was in 1995. She was so moved by the state of children there, that she vowed to come back to India to dedicate her life to helping poor children and families, especially women. In 2002 she sold her house, her personal belongings, her business, left the love of her life and moved to India...
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE KIRTAN DOCUMENTARY MANTRA
A beautiful film which captures the spirit of a music movement that is now spreading across the world. MANTRA is a must-see for anyone who wants to pause and take a look within, accompanied by soulful and uplifting music and singing...
By Courtney Alex Aldor
Francesco Mastalia is a devoted yogi in his own rite, his method of meditation emphasized in his craft. YOGA: the Secret of Life explores the personal experiences of 108 of todays leading yoga practitioners...
By Rachel Nichols
In late January, YogaTree Castro hosted a special workshop -- Yoga, Transformation, and Social Justice -- led by the beautifully inspiring Seane Corn, co-founder of Off the Mat, a non-profit that supports yogis in becoming conscious and effective community leaders...
PRESS RELEASE FROM SAN DIEGO YOGA FESTIVAL
On Sunday, March 11, 2018, on the beach in Imperial Beach, join thousands of people as they
sit in unity chanting the word “AUM” 108 times. AUM is the vibration affecting the subconscious
mind bringing the brain balance and unity...
