8 noteshey girl,
work is not simply the output of energy, nor the functioning of certain muscles… people work more by using their brains and their hearts than with only their muscles and their sweat.
so can I interest you in a little workout?
8 noteshey girl,
work is not simply the output of energy, nor the functioning of certain muscles… people work more by using their brains and their hearts than with only their muscles and their sweat.
so can I interest you in a little workout?
(Source: aysakhi, via eatmangoesnekkid)
A Piano Genius Is Revealed in the Trailer for ‘Bayou Maharajah’
The New Orleans native James Booker was a wondrously gifted pianist who helped embody his city’s definitive take on R&B. Though praised by the likes of Dr. John, who called him “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced,” Booker still experienced racial and sexual marginalization before passing away in 1983.
Booker’s personal struggles and musical accomplishments are explored in the new documentary Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker. It’s a revealing look at the unique, talented artist, who was steadfast in his musical beliefs. “Somebody told me there’s not a very big market for the blues,” he says in this exclusive trailer clip. “I refuse to believe that. Maybe they just don’t want me to know the value of what I’ve got to offer.”
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker premieres on March 14th at SXSW. It will screen again the following day at the Alamo Ritz 2.
via Rolling Stone
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Art Streiber, portrait of African American Sikh and Yoga master teacher Krishna Kaur, ca. 2010. Woyingi Blogger documents her journey:
Thelma Oliver (b. 1941) was a dancer and actress who in the mid to late 1960s was making her mark on Broadway and on US film history in director Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker….
But Oliver’s future would not lie with showbiz. In the Ebony Magazine article “New Girl on Broadway,” it mentions that Oliver studies yoga philosophy. In September 1975, Ebony Magazine published the article Yoga: Something for Everyone, which took a look at how various Black celebrities, including Herbie Hancock and Angela Davis, were embracing yoga and various other Eastern philosophies. This article focused on Thelma Oliver, who by then had changed her name to Krishna Kaur. Kaur, meaning “Princess” is the mandatory last name for female Sikhs after Amrit (Sikh Baptism).
Krishna Kaur studied yoga under the tutelage of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh from India’s Punjab who had established 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) in Los Angeles where he taught Kundalini Yoga. Many of Yogi Bhajan’s American students, including African-Americans like Thelma Oliver, began to convert to Sikhism after observing with admiration the way of life of the Yogi….
Krishna Kaur describes the work of Yoga for Youth, as well as her own spiritual transformation [here]:
My life changed during the late 60s, just as my career as a performing artist was about to take off. At that time, the Vietnam war was raging, the U.S. Civil Rights struggle had peaked, and more Third World and African Countries were gaining independence from European domination. I was excited about my growing fame in New York – I was in a big Broadway hit, a major film, and a one-woman TV show. However, something else was unfolding inside me at the same time.
I began to feel another calling, outside of the theater, a calling which pulled hard at my psyche…As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” So I took my love of theater to the streets and began to teach yoga and meditation to kids on the playground, adults recovering from drug and alcohol addictions, gang members, and high school students throughout the Watts area in South Los Angeles.
Every day for the past 40 years, I’ve woken up excited to bring the art and science of Kundalini Yoga to people struggling to make sense out of life – good people, young people, people who have been discarded by mainstream society. They motivate me to get up every morning, enthusiastic about teaching, training, and nurturing them to experience who they really are. My work fulfills me. It gives me hope for the future of humanity and makes me optimistic about stepping into the challenges of these times.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jl9hJt6c1qjeot1o1_500.jpg)
Art Streiber, portrait of African American Sikh and Yoga master teacher Krishna Kaur, ca. 2010. Woyingi Blogger documents her journey:
Thelma Oliver (b. 1941) was a dancer and actress who in the mid to late 1960s was making her mark on Broadway and on US film history in director Sidney Lumet’s film The Pawnbroker….
But Oliver’s future would not lie with showbiz. In the Ebony Magazine article “New Girl on Broadway,” it mentions that Oliver studies yoga philosophy. In September 1975, Ebony Magazine published the article Yoga: Something for Everyone, which took a look at how various Black celebrities, including Herbie Hancock and Angela Davis, were embracing yoga and various other Eastern philosophies. This article focused on Thelma Oliver, who by then had changed her name to Krishna Kaur. Kaur, meaning “Princess” is the mandatory last name for female Sikhs after Amrit (Sikh Baptism).
Krishna Kaur studied yoga under the tutelage of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh from India’s Punjab who had established 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) in Los Angeles where he taught Kundalini Yoga. Many of Yogi Bhajan’s American students, including African-Americans like Thelma Oliver, began to convert to Sikhism after observing with admiration the way of life of the Yogi….
Krishna Kaur describes the work of Yoga for Youth, as well as her own spiritual transformation [here]:
My life changed during the late 60s, just as my career as a performing artist was about to take off. At that time, the Vietnam war was raging, the U.S. Civil Rights struggle had peaked, and more Third World and African Countries were gaining independence from European domination. I was excited about my growing fame in New York – I was in a big Broadway hit, a major film, and a one-woman TV show. However, something else was unfolding inside me at the same time.
I began to feel another calling, outside of the theater, a calling which pulled hard at my psyche…As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” So I took my love of theater to the streets and began to teach yoga and meditation to kids on the playground, adults recovering from drug and alcohol addictions, gang members, and high school students throughout the Watts area in South Los Angeles.
Every day for the past 40 years, I’ve woken up excited to bring the art and science of Kundalini Yoga to people struggling to make sense out of life – good people, young people, people who have been discarded by mainstream society. They motivate me to get up every morning, enthusiastic about teaching, training, and nurturing them to experience who they really are. My work fulfills me. It gives me hope for the future of humanity and makes me optimistic about stepping into the challenges of these times.
