Music

Music Review: The Rise of Downtempo

Dub SutraWhile well suited for yoga and moving meditation, the 10 downtempo dub tracks on Dub Sutra’s debut offering make for a rich, transportive headphone listening experience un…

Books

Book Review: Whole Health

A Holistic Approach to Healing for the 21st CenturyBy Mark MincollaTarcherIn this compelling, ambitious book, natural health care practitioner Mark Mincolla proposes that all …

Books

Book Review: The American Health Care Paradox

Why Spending More Is Getting Us LessBy Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A. TaylorPublicAffairs BooksIn 2012, the U.S. health care industry made more than $849 billion, but Amer…

Books

Book Review: The Hidden Lamp

Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened WomenEdited by Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Susan MoonWisdom PublicationsBuddhism has come a long way. Nearly extin…

Books

Book Review: Return to Life

Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past LivesBy Jim B. Tucker, MDSt. Martin’s PressAll toddlers like to play make-believe.But what if your child’s games become a bit…

Film

Film Review: Desert Dreams, Celebrating Five Seasons in the Sonoran Desert

DIRECTED BY THOMAS WIEWANDT It took four years for filmmaker Thomas Wiewandt to bring his mesmerizing Desert Dreams to the screen. It took decades longer to develop the transcende…

Film

Film Review: Unacceptable Levels - Do You Know What's in Your Water Supply?

DIRECTED BY ED BROWN Director Ed Brown is not your typical activist, nor is he one of those thought leader types who pretend to have all the answers. As he presents himself in thi…

Music

Ayahuasca

Welcome to the WorkBen LeeTen Fingers RecordsThe transformative properties of the Amazonian healing medicine ayahuasca are unmistakable on Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee’s ni…

Film

Film Review: One Track Heart - The Story of Krishna Das

Directed by Jeremy Frindel Krishna Das—an American chanter of an ancient Indian devotional music known as kirtan—was born Jeffrey Kagel on Long Island in 1947. He grew…

Music

Kirtronica

Jaya Lakshmi with AnandaSounds TrueThe latest creation by American vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jaya Lakshmi is exactly what the name Kirtronica implies: a fusion of call-and…

Music

Awakening the Fire

R. Carlos Nakai and Will Clipman Canyon Records Not counting birdsong, cicada rhythms, and ocean waves, the most ancient music on earth was probably created by the human voice. N…

Music

Bobby McFerrin's SpiritYouAll Honors His Father

(Sony Masterworks)After 30 years of uplifting vocals, a cappella magic, 10 Grammys, and a wide swath of musical collaborations, in his new album Bobby McFerrin focuses on his own s…