By Megan Warren-Henderson
Tommy Rosen's path is clear. Now, he wants to help you remove the obstacles of addiction on your own path. Tommy, and his tribe of master teachers, are offering the FREE online Recovery 2.0 Conference September 14-18...
All in Consciousness
By Megan Warren-Henderson
Tommy Rosen's path is clear. Now, he wants to help you remove the obstacles of addiction on your own path. Tommy, and his tribe of master teachers, are offering the FREE online Recovery 2.0 Conference September 14-18...
By Courtney Aldor
Those of you who’ve been following my recent posts on Vedic Meditation know I have a new-found love for the practice ever since I met James Brown. After taking a 4-session course with him, I wanted to find out more about how he came to teach Vedic Meditation. After all, one of the reasons his class is so accessible is...
Press Release from Peaceful Ninjas
The children are at the center of a World Peace initiative supported by a community of peers and adults, at the nation’s largest yoga & mindfulness festival...
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 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 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
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 Katie Lucas
As an instructor, my greatest accomplishment isn’t sending home a room of sweaty people. My greatest accomplishment is when I can get my students to laugh. As the Co-Founder of Ohm K, a women’s wellness apparel brand specializing in cheeky yoga tank tops and empowering messages, I’m all about bringing some levity to my workout...
By Rachel Nichols
The Peaceful Ninjas, a holistic education movement that empowers youth to create world peace by cultivating healthy bodies, clear minds and strong spirits, is quickly becoming a mindfulness festival favorite for organizers, vendors, parents and children alike...
By Rachel Nichols
Grace Cathedral and the Yoga on the Labyrinth community in San Francisco are welcoming Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, two renowned spiritual leaders from Rishikesh, India, to speak on Tuesday, July 26. The conversation will focus on Living with Grace...
By Courtney Aldor
Not too long ago, in what was supposed to be a Meditation class, a friend and I were in an uncomfortable situation. Flanked by women of various ages, we were instructed by the man leading class to roll around on the floor and moan. When he commanded us to do it ‘louder’, ‘harder’, and ‘more’, and shamed us by suggesting we ‘notice our sexual repression’, the women followed suit by re-enacting orgasms for him...
By SF Yoga Mag
Jaya Lakshmi and Ananda continue to inspire me with their music! In fact, I think I have every album they have published. It was an absolute honor to receive their newest album, Kundalini Morning Chants, for review...