All by Ashley Shires
By Ashley Shires
By Ashley Shires
Some of the most fun I've ever had in yoga has been in Gina Caputo's classes at the Hanuman Festival in Boulder, Colorado; she is a down-to-earth teacher with a fantastic sense of humor and a rocking playlist. I was thrilled to catch up with her again at the festival this year, to talk about her journey in the yoga world, her passions, and her favorite parts of teaching at Hanuman…
By Ashley Shires
Chanting Ram is a practice, really, a nonstop practice, even in the worst years of my life. I’ve been doing it for a long time now (laughs). My spiritual evolution is like a snail, but it’s been years and years of investment of my heart...
By Ashley Shires
Bibi McGill is a world-renown musician and yoga teacher on a mission to activate positive change. SF Yoga Mag was thrilled to catch up with her to talk about music, yoga, and her offerings at Hanuman Festival, June 14-17, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado...
By Ashley Shires
With so many yoga and music festivals out there, Campout for the Cause stands out as a conscious, authentic gathering, focusing on purpose and deep connection. Each year the festival chooses a different nonprofit cause, and this year it is supporting a two-year old girl with a rare childhood cancer…
By Ashley Shires
I have had an amazing, transformative experience every time I've attended Shakti Fest, at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, and this year was no exception. The festival is a full weekend of live sacred music and yoga with the most open-hearted people I've ever met. Reflecting on the 9th annual festival, I was overwhelmed with highlights, but the practical Capricorn in me has a few tips and take-aways I'd love to share with you…
By Ashley Shires
All the teachers we’re bringing into the academy are showing up big time, really wanting to share their wisdom in a practical, educational way...
By Ashley Shires
My favorite part is how people come together from all over the country: old friends and new friends, that sweetness of friendship and celebrating the path of love, the journey of love. Specifically at Shakti, celebrating the divine feminine. I’ve felt this great connection to my own mother, my first guru, love for the mother. That is very easy to translate into a relationship to God as Divine Mother…
By Ashley Shires
Forty years later, it came to me in a meditation...
By Ashley Shires
The theme of this year’s festival is “Transformation Begins Here.” We asked five Hanuman presenters, Kia Miller, David Newman, Dayna Seraye, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Tiffany Cruikshank to comtemplate the theme, asking them how their transformation with yoga began and how it continues to this day...
By Ashley Shires
Jai Uttal, the Grammy nominated musician, is a pioneer in the world music community. He began studying classical piano at age seven and later learned to play old-time banjo, harmonica and guitar...
By Ashley Shires
We all belong to Sattva – it is an evolutionary thing. Sattva in sanksrit is an infinite field of knowledge, not stuck in time. It is not a series of poses that you do the rest of your life – it is an evolution...
By Ashley Shires
Simrit Kaur is a stunningly talented vocalist, a Kundalini practitioner whose sound is hailed as haunting and hypnotic, majestic and healing. Her work has topped the world music charts, lauded by Snatam Kaur and Belinda Carlisle, who said, “I’m such a fan of Simrit. The first time I saw...
