A spotlight drew my attention to a performer delicately moving in the air as I was wrapping up my time at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s “First Friday” event. I was pulled into the sidelines like many other bystanders looking up as a woman twirled her body through silk. It was mesmerizing watching the…
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Yogic Culture
Have you ever discovered something so profound, so enlightening, so beautiful or delicious that you wanted to share it with people you love? For some it may be a recipe, scripture, or a place. For me it was & continues to be yoga. The profound intensity manifested itself when I began to see a…
Burning Man: Radical Ritual
A couple years ago I was sitting in a cultural anthropology class at Los Angeles Valley College when my professor shared her experiences about Burning Man with the class and I was enthralled. Her photos, videos, and explanations of what this magical event was left me with only more questions. My biggest takeaway was that…