February, 2010
Sing Your Heart Open. Sing Kirtan.
24 Feb 2010 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • events • wellness
Kirtan is call-and-response chanting performed in India’s devotional traditions, sometimes called Bhaki Yoga, or the practicing of devotion. Kirtan practice involves chanting the names of the divine in song or hymn like a mantra. Kirtan is traditionally sung to the accompaniment of instruments like the harmonium, two-headed mradanga drum, and/or kartal hand cymbals.
Over New Years [...]
Dark Chocolate and Massage
17 Feb 2010 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog
Sounds like a good time, doesn’t it?
My friend Jewel makes one of my very favorite chocolates on the planet. Jewel is also part of the IO extended family. She actually used to work at IO in the very early days right along side me and Melissa back when we were our Front Desk Team [...]
Taking the Waters: Hot Springs in California
10 Feb 2010 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
I’ve been a fan of getting out of the city and “taking the waters” for as long as I can remember. When we were growing up, Ma and Pa Darland packed my brother and me along on many a family outing to hot springs around California and the Northwest. I know that helped inspire me [...]
