#culture

Spira

Oct 26, 20172 min read

No More Tricks This Year – Treat Yourself To a Peaceful Halloween

Enjoying the fall colors Yoga and meditation can help us become active observers, sensitive not just to our physiology but also to the...

Spira

Jul 22, 20155 min read

Calling an end to masculine and feminine labels in yoga

LiEffort with Ease Listen now I occasionally hear instruction from yoga teachers to roll either to the left or the right side of the body...

Spira

Feb 11, 20159 min read

Let’s talk about vaccines. Dora’s interview with Shannon Schneider PhD

Listen now I am confused. I am confused about vaccines. When I immigrated with my family to Los Angeles, in order to attend school as an...

Spira

Sep 8, 20149 min read

Importance of preserving culture but not identity

The philosophy of yoga is very much occupied with finding “true self”, but what that means can be quite tricky to figure out. We are...