Maine is the state in which blacksmith and painter Lara Max needed to be. She was drawn to its landscape and found its people endearing. It just felt like home. It's now been 25 years since she traveled from California and then Texas to attend college on another coast. And, it is here that she makes her home, crafts her designs
West meets East this month as the Love Yoga Fest brings talent galore to New England for their third annual celebration of yoga and community on Cape Cod. Among the yogis headed east to present this weekend is Santa Monica based Alexandria Crow. Her personal yoga experience has been "all about transformation", and she shares that philosophy
Ayahuasca, the sacred Amazonian plant medicine brew with the power to heal mind, body and spirit, is calling to people from all over the world. I’ve explored ayahuasca in fully immersive ceremonies with hundreds of people from dozens of countries. I’m a seasoned journeyer, yet I know la medicina will continue to surprise me. A
photo by: matt roy The folks behind next weekend's Love Yoga Fest happening on Cape Cod believe that by "inviting fellow yogis to practice in community on their little sand bar, they can create positive energy for their beloved community enabling it to grow and in turn catalyze the sort of shifts we
Here in New England with our ever changing seasons, there is no time to waste those precious few months we can spend outdoors. One of the best ways to seize upon these summer months is to take in some live music. With artisanal foods and crafts, community and folks music the Lowell Folk Festival has
"We all miss you something fierce, those of us who wouldn't exist had you not kept walking when an ordinary person would have fallen to his knees. To convey in any existing language how I miss you isn't possible. It would be like blue trying to describe the ocean." The author pretty much had me
Photo by Ossian Lindholm It's a full house at Winchester's Griffin Museum of Photography as renowned Argentine photographer, teacher, and documentary filmmaker, Ossian Lindholm details his secrets for capturing breathtaking images of the natural world leading group treks atop mountains, through streams and over rambling landscapes across the globe. Recent years have found him also navigating New England's rich
Garden of the Heart of Heaven at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts The traffic. The heat. The perpetually overflowing inbox. Summer in the city... often, it all feels rather unsustainable. But, there are only so many weeks allotted for "vacation". What to do? We asked a few Boston area yoga instructors to share their secret spots
Unwind to the sounds of seagulls soaring and waves crashing, exhale in the hot tub or enjoy a glass of wine over sweeping coastal views on the deck... Blue, New England's boutique beach escape is now back on Plum Island. With thirteen luxurious rooms, suites and cottages every inch of the inn and its grounds have been thoughtfully (re)crafted
Photo of Shannon by: tracyrodriguezphotography.com If your practice finds you rolling out your mat in and around the Merrimack Valley, chances are you have had the good fortune of taking a class or a workshop with Shannon Worth. Repose, Saltwater and Riverside Yoga in Newburyport as well as Yoga Tree in Haverhill... all studios whose weekly schedules are sparked by Shannon's