Upcoming Events

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

7″00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. Art of Living Kirtan. An evening of tuneful, healing, and transforming kirtan, this Saturday. Singing traditional Sanskrit mantras has a profound effect on the environment and consciousness, elevating the mind and opening the heart. Donation-based. Art of Living Center Los Angeles., Los Angeles.

7:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M. THE GRAND CONVERGENCE WITH DR. BRUCE LIPTON. Cell biologist and bestselling author, Bruce H. Lipton unveils a revolutionary vision of frontier science that reveals a grand convergence of the Body-Mind-Spirit trinity. $35. TRANSFORMATION ANNEX. 5700 Buckingham Pkwy., Culver City.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Root Rise Twist Workshop. In this workshop, led by Hanna House Gilan, we will slow down our twists with props to deepen our knowledge and experience of twists from the primary series. $45 before August 16th. $50 at the door. HNYPT STUDIO. 212 W. 12th St., Los Angeles.

1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Center for Peaceful Self Open House. Drop by to see our space, learn about events, and enjoy free food and a few short free talks. Center for Peaceful Self. 201 Church Rd., Ojai.

8:00 P.M. UnCabaret. UnCabaret Presents… Rebecca Corry: Pear Shaped! With Special Guest Tig Notaro. Beth Lapides, host. Mitch Kaplan, Musical Director. Denise Fraser on drums. Au Lac. 710 W 1st St., Los Angeles.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

7:30 P.M. Bhakti Fest presents an EXCLUSIVE one night only screening of the feature film AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda, the powerful documentary about the Hindu mystic who brought yoga and meditation to the West. Tickets available online only. $11. Laemmle Music Hall 3.9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

9:00 P.M. – 12:00 P.M. Join the Yoga-Hike Tribe™!. Join Janná Giles, 200hr E-RYT/500hr Prana Vinyasa® yoga instructor and the Yoga-Hike Tribe™ for this monthly event in the L.A. coastal areas! Hike up the hill, breathe in the views and fresh air, then balance out your efforts at the top with a Prana Vinyasa® yoga practice! Optional group picnic lunch with your new Yoga-Hike Tribe™ after! $17 adv/$20 that day. Temescal Canyon.

We’re honored to be the sponsor of Yoga Chat with the Accidental Yogist on killradio.org every Tuesday from 5-7pm Pacific.

Krishna Das talks about meeting Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba early in his life, and how chanting kirtan helped him deal with the death of his guru: One Track Episode

Musician/producer Vito Gregoli and meditation teacher Pandit Dasa talk about their new projects and dealing with the chaos of everyday life: Stress Relief: Music, Meditation, and Mindfulness

Yoga Chat features world music plus interviews with an eclectic group of guests: teachers, musicians, authors, filmmakers, chefs, health professionals, and many more.

Archived podcasts are available on iTunes and at yogachatshow.com.

Yoga Tune Up®

Learn to bridge the gap between asana and the science of the body with Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® Method Trainings.  These trainings combine yoga, self-myofascial release, pain management and embodied anatomy. Join Jill Miller and her expert teaching team for the following trainings:

The Roll Model® Method: Ball Sequencing and Innovation with Jill Miller, September 26, Yoga House, Pasadena, CA

Yoga Tune Up® Level 1 Teacher Training with Jill Miller, October 8-15, YogaWorks Tarzana

The Roll Model® Method: Science of Rolling, October 25, YogaWorks, Newport Beach

The Breath Center

The Remembering Retreat: Love. Pray. Eat. This bhakti-powered retreat dedicated to tapping in to the inner mystic, honing intuitive healing abilities and expanding spiritual connection. When you take one step toward the Divine, the Divine takes 108 toward you.

In Beautiful Ojai, CA from September 18-20, 2015. Reserve your spot today! Space is limited. You will not want to miss this intimate event.
Cost includes Yoga, Breathwork and sumptuous home made vegetarian cuisine.

For more information, visit  www.thebreathcenter.com

YOGA CLASS WITH A MONSTER – MATT HILL AT YOGAMAZÉ STUDIO

Ever done a yoga class with a monster? Come by YOGAMAZÉ Studio to experience one-of-a-kind instructor, Matt Hill. His FloMix class is a briskly paced vinyasa sequence where you will build heat, power and focus, as you work in fundamental and intermediate poses. His Soma Sequence class is a full spectrum led practice designed to move your body in all directions. Matt’s classes are for all levels. His playful sense of humor (bad jokes) will keep you going and coming back for more. Come work hard, play hard and be taught by a monster. Well, he’s not really a monster, just a big, fun man.
http://yogamazestudio.com

Dance of Liberation Screening + Workshop August 22nd

As a spiritual leader, Parashakti has helped to transform many lives. In addition to soul healing and other supportive practices, she has developed and branded a ritualistic movement called Dance of Liberation™. Using the freeing power of blindfolds to help participants tap into their innermost visions, Parashakti has guided over 10,000 people on a spiritual journey through dance.

Dance of Liberation™ places a great emphasis on the importance of lineage and listening to the Elders, following Parashakti’s intensive work with Native American healing practices and elders. But her own history, born with the Hebrew name Sigalit, to a Jewish family in Israel, begins to call her back. Having developed her career in the US, she realizes that in order to complete her own healing, she must return to Israel to reconnect with her father. He has undergone his own, very different spiritual journey, becoming a deeply religious Jew later in life, remarrying at age 40, and subsequently raising seven children. Parashakti seeks connection with him, but a deeper union between the two worlds doesn’t come easy.

Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet–Now Playing In LA

One of literature’s most beloved works (it has sold more than 100 million copies in 40 languages), Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, has now been made into an animated feature film. It is scheduled to be released onto big screens in LA and New York on August 7 (and nationwide August 21). The Prophet was an official selection at Cannes and premiered in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.

Written and directed by The Lion King’s Roger Allers, the all-star cast includes Salma Hayek-Pinault, Liam Neeson, Alfred Molina, John Rhys-Davies, Quvenzhane Wallis, and Frank Langella. Yo-Yo Ma, Damien Rice, and Glen Hansard contributed music to the lush score that is combined with Gibran’s gorgeous poetry. Hayek, and the team’s, passion for the film is revealed in every frame. Acclaimed animators from around the world created an unparalleled dreamscape to illustrate an inspirational tale.

For more on The Prophet, click here.

For theaters and ticket sales in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Encino, visit the film’s website Gibran’s Prophet Movie. 
Join the Inspiration Generation Getaway

Join a group of teachers and students for a weekend or a full week of celebration yoga in Los Angeles. The weekend dates are August 22-23 and the weeklong immersion continues through August 26. Mackenzie Miller, Dylan Werner, Briohny Smyth and Dice Iida-Klein, Cuchira, Irene Pappas, Matt Giordano, and Laura Sykora are a few of the teachers who will be offering classes at the Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club throughout the weekend. Immerse yourself in the culture of Los Angeles with meditations at the beach and at Lake Shrine Temple in Pacific Palisades, take classes at studios including Yogaraj, Yoga Salt, Yogis Anonymous, Exhale, The Yoga Collective, and Yoga Works. Peruse the Farmers Market, try SUP Yoga, and dine at True Food Kitchen. Learn more here: http://www.iggetaway.com

Self-Realization Convocation Comes to LA

Every year, the Self-Realization Fellowships welcomes thousands of followers to Southern California from around the world. Last year, the film Awake: the Life of Yogananda premiered in one of the evening events. While some events are exclusive for retreat-goers attending the entire week, the talks and meditations at the Hotel Bonaventure are open to the public on a space-available basis. Evening talks begin at 7:30pm and Saturday’s talk begins at 1:00pm.

For more information, visit the SRF Convocation websitehere

Photo courtesy of Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAn Introduction to the Ayurvedic Herb Triphala

“If all you do is take triphala, eventually the body will return to a state of balance.”
The classic blended formula triphala is is one of the Ayurvedic powerhouses, a must-have in the toolbox and the kind of remedy you would want to have with you if you are stranded on a desert island. As its name suggests, triphala is comprised of three herbs fruits, dried and powdered. Amalaki (Emblica officials or Phyllanthus embolic), haritaki (Terminalia chebula) and bibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica). Part of what allows this formulation to balance the body is that each of these three herbs addresses or balances one of the three doshas. Read more about this formula here.

Rockstar Health and Fitness: Nathan Sykes

“Kiss Me Quick” by Nathan Sykes is tearing up the charts. Between gigs and appearances, he takes the time to focus on his health and fitness. What are his secrets? Lori Rischer sat down with artist Nathan Sykes to discuss his approach to wellness. It includes choosing lemon and cayenne juice or water rather than soda to take care of his voice, and lots of walking to take care of his body. Check out more of his story and watch the video interview here.
Nathan Sykes and Rockstar Health & Fitness writer Lori Rischer share a yoga pose while talking about wellness.

Dance of Liberation Founder Parashakti

“For the Kabalah, the Jewish mystics, dance is the deepest expression of joy. Where silence and music meet is in the field of the body.”

During a Dance of Liberation session, people tie on blindfolds (all the better with which to see the inner world) and then dance accompanied by music with trained facilitators holding the space and making sure everyone is safe. The dance is not about outer performance but expression of the inner heart. Dance of Liberation is far more than a blindfolded rave. There is a deep reverence to it. And the practice spills over into life beyond the blindfolded movement.

Read more about Parashakti and the Dance of Liberation at LA YOGA online here. Practice with Yogi Cameron at Bhakti Fest

Yogi Cameron says, “Discipline is the backbone of progress. Make something important to you, and you will get it done.” Yogi Cameron’s commitment to discipline, practice, and progress is evident both in his own life as well as in the way in which we helps people transform their lives. About healing, Cameron says, “The Divine is the ultimate expert. It is within each of us; we’ve just got to use it.”

Read more about Yogi Cameron at LA YOGA online here. Submit Events to LA YOGA

Have you ever wondered how to list your events in the LA YOGA print magazine events calendar? We have a link you can fill out to submit your events for consideration for our monthly events page (and our newsletter). We look forward to hearing from you. Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/LAYOGAEVENTS

Accessible Yoga Conference in Santa Barbara

Conference founder Jivana Heyman, one of the co-owners of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center, offers this advice for people who want to increase the accessibility of their yoga classes. It is advice we would all do well to remember, “Offer Inspiration instead of competition. Generally, when teaching we offer a form of a pose to the whole class, and then if an individual student is struggling we offer them a “modification.” Consider a different approach: teach the whole class a modified form of a pose, then offer individual students other variations. Or, offer a few different variations of a pose and have the students choose which they want to practice. Remember, students want to please you and can be competitive, so they will often try to do the most challenging form you offer. Be conscious of your language in suggesting that one variation is more “advanced” than another. What is “advanced” Yoga anyway? My teacher, Swami Satchidananda, used to say that “Yoga is not just standing on your head, as many people think, but learning how to stand on your own two feet.” Read more here: http://layoga.com/practice/yoga-therapy/opening-the-door-to-yoga-students-with-disabilities/. Sign up for the Accessible Yoga Conference September 12-13 here: http://www.accessibleyoga.org

Cultivate Meaning at Esalen with Ira Israel

Many of us would benefit from learning how to dis-identify with the mental chatter in our heads and cultivate equanimity and non-reactivity. These qualities help us make healthy, long-term decisions and engender loving, positive, secure, and supportive attachments to other people. We must learn to transcend any blunt tools we developed over the years — negative self-talk, over-reactions, judgments, facades, fears, expectations, passive-aggressive behavior — and replace them with precise tools such as authentic communications, loving relationships, balanced lifestyles, commitments to personal integrity, and yoga and/or meditation practices.

In this workshop we will explore specific practices that bode favorably for creating meaning and happiness in our lives. We will determine our long-term goals and the skills we should cultivate to realize them. There will be all-level vinyasa flow yoga classes as well as restorative yoga classes, and we will practice myriad mindfulness meditations to cultivate non-reactivity in order to reduce drama and de-escalate conflicts. Most importantly, we will learn how to replace the resentments that our minds create with gratitude. Please bring a yoga mat.

Vedic Astrology with Sam Geppi

New Moon on August 14

The Moon will be new today in Cancer, continuing the cycle that inspires the elevation of emotions to pure love and devotion. Cancer is related to a mother’s love for a child, or others we serve such as our companion animals. Transactional relationships, such as some romantic ones, may disappoint or even cause us pain, relative to the level of personal desire we have invested in them. Read more of Sam Geppi’s discussion of astrological archetypes here.

LA Yoga App On Your Phone and Tablet

We are excited to announce the LA Yoga app is now available for Apple and Android devices.

The app is a free download, and each issue is only $.99 or the entire year for $9.99.

Peruse the 2015 Teacher Training Guide on the LA YOGA App platform

Read the entire yoga teacher training guide through our interactive app platform with enhanced social media sharing and live links to programs and websites. Read stories on your mobile device or tablet and take LA YOGA with you anywhere for your research and inspiration.

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