By Ashley Shires
Forty years later, it came to me in a meditation...
All in Culture
By Julie Fustanio Kling
Men outnumber women when it comes to presenters this year at Sat Nam Fest, April 11-15 in Joshua Tree. SF Yoga Mag caught up with three of them to ask them how they plan to help heal the divide between men and women in the #metoo era...
PRESS RELEASE BY LiB
Featuring Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, Medicine Woman & Sundance Chief Carmen Vicente, Kaypacha of New Paradigm Astrology: The Pele Report, Activist & Founder of Indigenous Environmental Network Tom Goldtooth, Creator of Center of the Cyclone Meditations Biet Simkin, Founder of Juniors Pickles Jerrold Ridenour, and many more...
By Nikita Mehta
As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, some 400 yogis gathered on the cool sand overlooking the surf for a singular purpose; to set a Guinness Book World Record for the largest collective Ohm circle in the world. For 25 minutes we sat, facing each other, facing the ocean, facing the sky and gave our vibration to the collective...
By Ashley Shires
The theme of this year’s festival is “Transformation Begins Here.” We asked five Hanuman presenters, Kia Miller, David Newman, Dayna Seraye, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Tiffany Cruikshank to comtemplate the theme, asking them how their transformation with yoga began and how it continues to this day...
By Nikita Mehta
I hope for the retreat to be a time we can become very grounded in ourselves in a way that clarifies our actions in the world. Time spent introspectively heals and rejuvenates us to go back to our daily life feeling connected in a way that lets in a little more joy...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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...
By Autumn Feldmeier
The BaliSpirit Festival is happening April 2nd - April 8th of this year and we can not wait to go! One of the things I love about this festival, is that their mission is to fully embody the traditional philosophy of island life on Bali Trip Hita Karana...
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SAN DIEGO YOGA FESTIVAL
People from throughout the world will be flying in for this festival and many locals are making it a “Namaste-cation” and staying for four days. Come early or stay a day after for a special pre or post conference led by master teachers: only 75 tickets will be sold to these specialized classes...
By Nikita Mehta
he San Diego Yoga Festival will take place over 4 days from March 8- 12th. The main days of the festival are Saturday and Sunday March 10th and 11th and will be held at Imperial Beach! This is SF Yoga Mag’s first visit down to the festival, so we sat down with founder Shawna Schenk to get the low down on all things SDYF...