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Event Reportback: The World Peace and Compassion Tour

Kama Murray visited the Sophea Art Gallery and Tibetan Tea House and observed the six monks from the Rizong monastery in India as they chanted, meditated and worked together to create an exquisite work of art, the sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara. The monks journeyed to South Africa as part of the World Peace and Compassion Tour which was organised and funded by the Tibet Society of South Africa (TSSA), who spent more than a year coordinating and collaborating with Buddhist organisations such as the Lam Rim Tibetan Buddhist Centre to bring this blessing into fruition.

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Event Report Back: Pregnancy Empowered Workshop @ Yoga Shala

We laughed, we cried, we listened and shared. We moved and meditated, chatted and sang songs together, but mostly – we learned. We learned how as women we could really be there for one another as soul sisters in every way…

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Andrew Freedman’s Gaura Purnima Celebration Photo Blog

The annual pilgramage to each of Navadvipas nine beautiful islands for the Gaura Purnima Celebration was glimpsed through the lense of Bhakti devotee, Andrew Freedman (Ananda Vardhan)

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Meat The Truth Movie Screening

Generating more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together, livestock farming is a topic that really should be at the core of any ‘green’ discussion …

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YTF Yoga Day – 17th October, ISHTA Studio

A Stress Busting Yoga Day was held at the ISHTA Centre in Atholl on Saturday 17th October, presented by Kundalini yoga teacher Pritam Khalsa, who gave a two hour class on Yoga Kriyas for connecting to the third and fifth chakras, which is where we hold on to most of our tension.

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Full Moon Meditation

The Full Moon meditation evening, led by Pritam Khalsa and the band SATYA, where in true Kundalini Yoga style, those present were encouraged to meet one other and connect through song, movement and and unity…

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Art of Living Festival – 1 November 2009, Zoo Lake, Johannesburg

The Art Of Living Festival held on Sunday the 1st November at the Zoo Lake was brimming with sun and good energy as the festival attracted streams of people from different walks of life, interested in spiritial awarness and exciting festival activities…

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Look & Feel Good Expo – 8 – 10 October, Coca Cola Dome

A unique experince that provided visitors an opportunity to immerse themselves in a “world of wellness” and featured a variety of exhibitors, demonstrations and talks focused on health, longevity, vitality and sustainable lifestyles designed to enhance physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing…

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Foods for Women Cookery Demo

The Foods for Women cookery demonstration took place at Fruits and Roots in Bryanston on the 23rd of September and introduced participants to the healthy alternative of a ’slow food’ diet. By eating raw, vegetarian foods our bodies obtain the nutrients they crave and we are better equipped to cope with the stresses of modern-day life.

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Shared Histories Wellness Experience, Zoo Lake

The Yoga Camp that took place at the Zoo Lake on 5th September brought together 10 different styles of yoga and Ayurvedic healing. Add a lunchtime concert with Susheela Raman and delicious Indian veggie food into the mix, and the day culminated with the marked spirit of togetherness and unity that visitors are sure to remember for a long time to come…

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Maharani in the Making

I am an India junkie. I visit the country twice a year and every time I fall in love with it all over again. But I’m very careful these days of waxing too lyrical about the place because my enthusiasm rubs off onto others who then want to accompany me on my next trip…

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