By Courtney Aldor
Something interesting happened when I sat down to try to write this post about Kaypacha - the lovable, adorable, and ever-wise Astrologer who brings us the weekly Pele Report...
All in Consciousness
By Courtney Aldor
Something interesting happened when I sat down to try to write this post about Kaypacha - the lovable, adorable, and ever-wise Astrologer who brings us the weekly Pele Report...
By Rachel Nichols
Veterans Yoga Project (VYP), a non-profit organization that supports recovery and resilience among veterans, their families and communities, is hosting its third annual Veteran’s Gratitude Week on Nov. 4-13...
By Carley Hauck
Many of us have developed a belief that we must be nice, pleasing, or helpful to the exclusion of our own feelings and needs in order to be worthy of love or appreciation. This belief is, of course, not true and furthermore an impossible goal to meet. When we give to get, we can often end up feeling angry and as a result we don’t create healthy boundaries at home and work...
By Sachi Doctor
According to Ayurveda, fall is considered vata season. It’s a time when the energy of movement and change swirl through the air like the cool wind, drying, distracting, stimulating and exhausting both our minds and bodies...
By Amy Adams
As I walked into Wanderlust, there was a palatable yogic buzz in the air. Looking around at the other attendees, outfits ran the gamut from Lululemon pants and flowy tops to jeans and casualwear. I was right in line with my favorite yoga outfit and was ready, notebook in hand, to breathe in opportunity and soak up the ‘wisdom’ being doled out...
By Rachel Nichols
Gabby Bernstein, inspirational speaker, Hay House author and “spirit junkie,” came to San Francisco to speak to nearly 1,000 people last Friday, Oct. 7 at Grace Cathedral about her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back. The book, which was released Sept. 27, is already a #1 New York Times bestseller.
By Courtney Aldor
If you've been to a yoga festival or even hiking in The Santa Cruz Mountains recently, chances are you've seen Danny Goldberg in his element. Between 3 gongs, surrounded by Tibetan singing bowls...
By Danni Pomplun
Yoga for me was never about how many tricks I could do, but rather about what kind of connections I could make with others. I persevered with my yoga efforts because of the amazing support of the community I had built...
By Courtney Aldor
So, Energy Healing. What a controversial topic! When I published my first post prior to the recent (inspiring? life-changing? amazement-inducing?) Hands of Light workshop at Omega Institute, the responses were overwhelming. So many people were interested, with questions ranging from ‘How do I see an aura?’...
By Ashley Shires
It was hot and sunny, almost 100 degrees at Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree, California, when a bright yellow school bus arrived from Los Angeles with 60 children from inner city neighborhoods...
My Area Yoga D.C.
On 10/08, one month before Election Day, thousands will gather on the steps of the iconic Lincoln Memorial and raise their voices in unity, peace and harmony to celebrate and heal our nation...
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...