At an extremely young age, armed with nothing more than sheer determinism and very few bucks she had saved along the way, the always fiercely independent Lala left the town she had called home. She landed In NYC with no clue where she would go, no apartment, no hook ups or any friends, so a…
Estara is a Sound Healing and Movement Educator, Sacred Dance Artist, Vocal Ceremonialist and Author. Estara integrates over 15 years of experience in energy healing and transformational modalities. She gives presentations at conferences and leads workshops and retreats in vibrational healing, teaching her breakthrough system of integrating breath, movement, and sound. She also leads women’s…
Holly Payne is a novelist and screenwriter living in San Francisco. She is the author of two novels, The Virgin’s Knot and The Sound of Blue. “The Virgin’s Knot” is the critically acclaimed story of a magically gifted Turkish woman whose faithful virgin hands create prized dowries for lucky brides, something that the weaver herself…
Elisa Batista, a mother and student of Chinese, helped found the parenting site, MotherTalkers.com, rants and raves on modern motherhood. Prior to the birth of her son, Aristotle, almost three years ago, she worked as a reporter for the technology website Wired News in San Francisco. She has also written for the Boston Herald and…
Stacey Champion is a champion of air quality. She likes her green eggs and ham with a green approach to building and construction. As the very Diva owner of Champion Indoor Environmental Services, LLC, www.championindoors.com, Ms. Champion is a Certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE). That’s right- we’re always so concerned about the air outside that we…
By the fifth day of my stay at Rancho La Puerta, it all made sense. At last, I understood why Deborah Szekey, the founder and passionate Visionary of the outstanding spa in Tecate, Mexico, is adamant about the required one-week (Saturday-to-Saturday) stay at “The Ranch.” When I first started researching spas throughout North America, I…
When Joseph Phillips, 20, began dancing, he knew it would be his life’s passion. As a child, his mother took him to a performance where he recalls being amazed by the athleticism of the male dancers. Afterwards, Phillips aimed to fulfill his dreams, and it was not long before he made a name for himself…