Levitating Monkey recently had the pleasure of speaking with Reiki Master, Deborah Flanagan. Levitating Monkey: Your unique approach has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show and in O, the Oprah Magazine, among others. As a former ballet dancer, having toured with Southern Ballet Theatre, as well...
Levitating Monkey: How did you first come to be interested in studying Sanskrit and South Asian religions? David Gordon White: The short answer is that the Beatles came back from India when I was in seventh grade with the beads and the Nehru collars. That was the beginning...
We recently had the great fortune to talk with Marshall Govindan, (aka Satchidananda), about Kriya Yoga. Satchidananda is the President of Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, and a disciple of Babaji Nagaraj, the famed Himalayan master and originator of Kriya Yoga, as well as his late...
Levitating Monkey recently spoke with Assamese singer, composer and record producer Angaraag Mahanta, (aka Papon). Papon is currently in New York City, gearing up for his heavily anticipated upcoming Bollywood Musical Night 2014 show this Friday, July 11, in Edison, New Jersey. Levitating Monkey: With both your...
[caption id="attachment_3955" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Yogini, Sara Ivanhoe[/caption] Levitating Monkey had the recent pleasure of talking with Yogini, Sara Ivanhoe. When she isn't teaching at YogaWorks in Santa Monica, Sara is at Loyola Marymount University, working toward a master's degree in yoga philosophy. A yoga teacher since 1995,...
[caption id="attachment_3923" align="aligncenter" width="239"] Yogi, Mark Whitwell[/caption] We had the recent honor of talking with Yogi, Mark Whitwell. Mark is interested in developing an authentic yoga practice for the individual, based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar, with whom he enjoyed...
[caption id="attachment_3825" align="aligncenter" width="235"] Durga Das (aka David Newman)[/caption] We had the recent pleasure of talking with Durga Das, a kirtan chant artist, sacred singer songwriter and a practitioner and educator of Bhakti Yoga - the Yoga of Love. David travels extensively sharing kirtan, devotional music and...
[caption id="attachment_3621" align="aligncenter" width="214"] Madhavi Rathod[/caption] As we gear up for spring, we talked to Madhavi Rathod, a fourth generation Vedic astrologer who focuses on assisting people in living a life better aligned with their higher purpose in life, or their dharma. Combining Vedic astrology (Jyotish)...
[caption id="attachment_3724" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Award-winning poet, essayist and book artist, Marilyn Stablein, exiting a popular cave shrine in Kathmandu[/caption] We recently had the pleasure of talking with award-winning poet, essayist and artist, Marilyn Stablein about her colorful and rich experiences traveling in India, as a teenager...