Think about the thoughts, words and sounds you experienced or created today.

When you listened to music, what kind was it? When you had a conversation with a colleague, what was the tone? What were your thoughts after that conversation?

You may be familiar with the work of Japanese doctor, Masuru Emoto. He began studying frozen water about two decades ago. His research team immediately noticed a difference in samples taken from different geographic areas. Water from rural areas produced beautiful, unique crystals. Samples from densely populated, and...

One of our favorite things to do while not hustling hard on making the festival experience a real live thing is to stumble around the internet watching interesting videos of things we like (or may like)

The other day, we stumbled upon this gorgeous time-lapse video of Tahoe, from day to night, and Truckee to Tahoe City. Watch below! Do you recognize some of the iconic spots where you may have practiced yoga?

“I love my life.”

How do you feel when you hear someone say that? Do you feel like, “Yeah, me too!”?

Or do you feel envious? “How arrogant! Where do you get off lovingyour life? Especially when mine stinks.”?

Recently I ran into someone who asked me what was going on in my life. I told them I was just about to be on Good Morning America and was very excited about that. They didn’t say congratulations or ask me any other questions. Instead of being happy for me, their thoughts turned to, “What am I doing wrong with my life?”
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Shiva Rea addresses the Speakeasy attendees in Squaw Valley (2011) regarding Yoga Energy Activism: how we can regenerate our energy linking our heart, body, home and ecology.

Shiva Rea, M.A. is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, global adventurer and leading innovator in the evolution of prana flow yoga, transformational vinyasa flow integrating the tantric bhakti roots of yoga, Krishnamacharya's teachings and a universal, quantum approach to the body. Shiva is known...