Oceans of Yoga

T. Krishnamacharya, the father of Desikachar, taught Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyenger. They were young boys and their teacher devised yoga practices to suit their individual body types and energies. T.K.V. Desikachar, a former-engineer-turned-yogi carries on his father’s values that were brought down from the Tibetan mountains–that the individual comes first and that there is only one yoga. His son, Kausthub, agrees. Read more

Healing the Body with Planetary Harmonics

Acutonics® Sound Healing is an integrated system of healing and education that incorporates ancient Taoist teachings of the meridians, pre-meridians, and the immortal body with sound.

Developed at the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing, this energy-based non-invasive treatment is similar to acupuncture. Precision calibrated tuning forks are applied to specific acupuncture and acupressure points to access the body’s Meridian and Chakra energy systems. Read more

Self-love

I am a woman, a mother, a healer and a business consultant. In my many roles, I have found that the key to most difficulties in becoming more aware and experiencing bliss lives in something very basic: Self-love. Yet self-love is often very difficult for us to practice throughout our lives.

self-love is the key to meaningful living, the only way into spirit; self-love generates and breathes life into spirit. Read more

Finding Bliss through Ending Your Karma

What is karma and how can you possibly end it? The new book, “The End of Karma: 40 Days to Perfect Peace, Tranquility and Joy,” interweaves inspiration information from Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. (www.drdharma.com) with ancient poetry by an Indian yogi named Nanak who called his writing Japji Sahib, or “respected meditation of the soul.” Read more

Health in the Modern Age

written by angelica singh / photography by jasper johal

unraveling the mixed messages

Imagine for a moment that after a blissful yoga class, your expanded being is shopping at Whole Foods Market. You make your way to the beauty supply aisle and drop in your basket a new line of organic shampoo and conditioner. As you round the corner, you select a variety of organic seasonal veggies. Anticipating the preparation of a nourishing consommé, you are absorbed in feelings of radiant health. You move into line, and notice that it is packed with other shoppers, carts and baskets. Read more

Bathing Beauty

Enjoying a leisurely soak is not only good for your body, it rejuvenates your spirit.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and watch as the tension in your muscles begins to disappear. The stresses and worries of your day slowly fade as you surrender to the warm waters supporting you. Your breath begins to deepen, while your heart rate resumes its natural, healthy pace, not the frenetic pace of the day, but the calm, quiet pace of the evening. No, you’re not at a spa or enjoying a watsu treatment, you’re in the comforts of your own home, indulging in the health benefits of a long, leisurely soak. Read more

Ayurveda, a System of Self-Healing

written by felicia m. tomasko

“Ayurveda makes life more comfortable, since Ayurveda is about creating balance through following Ayurvedic principles, our food and our life can taste better, smell better, and feel better,” says Jennifer Workman, registered dietician, Ayurvedic expert and author of Stop Your Cravings. Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word meaning “science of life” that describes the ancient medicinal system of India, first outlined in written works thousands of years old and still widely used today. Read more

Life With You

Imagine yourself at the end of your life looking back. Focus in on the sum total of the moments, days, years you doubted yourself. Then come back present and add up the years to date. This total equals the amount of time you have wasted not believing in who you are. Doubt is a powerfully dangerous habit. It creates a clear barrier between you and your essence; between you and your purpose; between you and love. Naturally there are many reasons we choose to not trust. Read more