Adam Skolnick

LA Weekly - November 14-20, 2003 “I was a curious child,” concedes Kirpal. She could hardly help it, being the granddaughter to two wise women, one a Celtic Pagan healer from Canada, the other a Mexican Shaman from Echo Park. Peculiarity, in the form of psychic intuitions, and the ability to communicate with spirits and household pets, [...]

LA Weekly Magazine - January 24-30, 2004 Sketch. Fill. Outline. Highlight. This four-step approach lifts Sano into a Zen state where the battle scars of a struggling artist – his unpaid traffic tickets, overdue rent payments, cancelled phone service – fade beneath paint clouds. In the past two years he has collaborated with fellow artists on more [...]

A professional environmental and human rights direct action activist. He has plied his trade for the Ruckus Society, Greenpeace, and the Burma Humanitarian Mission in the US, Canada, Brazil and Burma, where he also trains young activists to resist non-violently.

Oakland Raiders rookie Darren McFadden had a simple goal: to be the fastest and strongest running back in the NFL. So he put on 15 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks. Here’s how…

Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa, the first Kundalini Yoga teacher in America not named Yogi Bhajan, is a tiny elder with boundless energy. Born in 1929, she explored spiritual realms long before the Beatles met the Maharaja. Her seeking led her to cultish communes and astrologers, to Sufi celebrations and Vedanta lectures, and finally, on Christmas Day, 1968, to her teacher.

Hip-hop culture may be coming to a yoga studio near you. Take Bala Yoga in Los Angeles. On the first Friday of every month a DJ is invited into the expansive loft space on La Brea to spin during a two-hour yoga class, the proceeds of which are donated to a local non-profit. Intriguing concept, and it works.

When I attended, I was a bundle of tension and nerves. Work and love drama had me beneath the wheel. At first I was distracted and found it hard to focus, then the music cracked me open.