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WAYLON LEWIS: Fave videos


Fracking Sucks! Waylon Lewis talks with Josh Fox of Gasland fame.

by on May 23, 2013

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: One Take: In the Moment with Josh Fox. Fracking is not a hippie liberal environmentalist issue. See GASLAND and you’ll see it’s hitting conservatives and hunters and business owners and real estate values and children…all of us. Hard. Fracking is everywhere. Hide yo wife, hide yo kids, hide [...]


MC Yogi: “Be the change that you wanna see in the world, just like Gandhi.”

by on May 18, 2013

Walk the Talk Show with MC Yogi at Wanderlust Festival Colorado. Here Waylon talks with elephriend MC Yogi—one of too-few yoga lovers who’s bringing our practice of compassion and presence off the mat and into mainstream culture…with a sense of humor and heart. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel. Like Walk the Talk Show on Facebook.


THIS IS WATER, & Other Best Commencement Speeches Ever.

by on May 4, 2013

Seven Great High School & College Graduation & Commencement Speeches. A new version of a longer classic: “Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” ~ Malcolm Forbes 1. You are not special. “Before you run off and get your YOLO tattoo, let me point out the illogic of that expression. [...]


Tiffany Cruikshank on Work & Life Balance & Being Grateful.

by on Apr 20, 2013

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: On the Road at Wanderlust Festival Copper Mountain featuring Tiffany Cruikshank. Here, Waylon talks with the lovely yoga star and pal Tiffany Cruikshank (and Lulu) about how to stay focused and balanced in everyday, busy life. Tiffany didn’t like the interview, since it was super short, quick and not in-depth. Things get [...]


Independent, Family-Owned Nature’s Path is Doing the Right Thing & Having Fun Doing So.

by on Apr 17, 2013

Subscribe to our Youtube Channel. Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis: Arjan Stephens of Nature’s Path. “Always leave the soil better than you found it. That’s the foundation of Nature’s Path.” ~ Arjan Stephens We have an eco entrepreneur crush on this good, happy, generous, caring man, his family and his company, Nature’s Path [...]





“Elephant is not* a Yoga Blog.”

by on Jul 9, 2011

“It is motivating to me to be able to bring in more people who are passionate about politics and social activism.” ~Waylon Lewis speaking about the future of elephant








Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis at Natural Products Expo West: GoodBelly’s Steve Demos.

by on Apr 5, 2011

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis interviews Steve Demos and Jim Lamancusa about Goodbelly’s new Coconut Water and SuperGreen probiotic fruit drinks at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. Check out more Walk the Talk Show w Waylon Lewis coverage at Expo West: Expo West Welcome, Inconvenient Truth’s Laurie David & Intent.com’s Mallika [...]




How to Twitter 101.

by on Feb 26, 2011

elephantjournal.com editor Waylon Lewis, twitter #1 in US #green 2010, teaches tweetdeck. Video. Waylon Lewis, twitter.com/elephantjournal and twitter.com/waylonlewis, has been named most popular green tweeter in the US Shorty Awards two years running. But, sick and tired of explaining how twitter works to friends, he finally made this video with the help of his buddy [...]


Two of my favorite gents in a bath tub. Together. Video:

by on Jan 13, 2011

We’ve featured dozens of blogs from and about both Joshua Onysko and Alex Bogusky. And now, finally, like that old beer commercial, here’s the both of them together in one frame. An in depth look at the cosmetic market and the future of all business ethics:


Grocery shoppin’ on a bicycle.

by on Jan 6, 2011

What’s a bachelor to do when he’s fresh out of frijoles and doesn’t drive a car? It’s a fun way to earn your food while breathing in fresh air!


Portland: “Where Young People Go to Retire.”

by on Jan 4, 2011

Portland. A city full of coffee-loving, organic-chewing, bike-riding, Mac-using, liberals. A bubble so to say. A bubble in which many of us are very happy to find ourselves. But that doesn’t mean you can’t poke fun at the bubble. Enter Portlandia, a new series soon to premiere on IFC. One of the early released videos [...]



Surf’s up in Ireland!

by on Jan 2, 2011

County Clare on the west coast of Ireland. A hidden reef off the Cliffs of Moher and the right kind of swell, creates a wave called Aileens.


The Sweetness of Separation.

by on Jan 1, 2011

Photograph courtesy of the multi-talented Jason Digges. Live from ISE2: Conflict as Love. Throughout this week at the Integral Spiritual Experience 2, we’re exploring love in a particular way. We’re imagining desire as one with the very force of evolution, which also and simultaneously evolves, itself. Throughout its unfolding out of and into and through [...]


Taking the New Year’s Plunge.

by on Dec 31, 2010

Jumping into freezing cold water is not all that fun, it kinda hurts actually, but every year I muster up the courage to freeze off the ol’ cojones. The Polar Plunge has become a tradition for hundreds of people on New Year’s Day at the Boulder Reservoir…and the registration money goes to a good cause, [...]



Assistance dogs, doggy Karma, all dogs go to heaven!

by on Dec 21, 2010

I’ve been around dogs all my life. As a little fella I had a labrador called “General” ’cause he was in the army before I got him. One day, my Mum came home from work and couldn’t find me or General… I’d taken him to the little boys room with me and when she asked [...]



Catching Thoughts: Headcase Headspace

by on Dec 16, 2010

If you have a yoga practice for a span long enough, you’ll get to a point where you understand that the negative emotions that come up in you are part of the process of moving into a deeper practice.  If you’re lucky enough to let yourself go there, maybe you find yourself sobbing on your [...]



New Video: Chakra Boxing. ~ Colin Hall

by on Dec 15, 2010

Chakra Boxing is a pycho-spiritual fitness routine designed to enliven and enlarge your subtle body. BEHOLD! The full length DVD trailer. Enjoy! Colin Hall runs a yoga studio in Regina, Saskatchewan with his wife Sarah Garden.  He is a father of two beautiful little people, has a MA in religious studies focusing on the teacher-student [...]




Sadie Nardini’s new DVDs: Giveaway.

by on Dec 10, 2010

Being able to practice to a DVD at home can be a real gift to the yogi who cannot make it to a regular class.  So it’s not surprising that one of the most common questions I get as a yoga teacher is “what DVDs do you recommend for a home practice?”  I tend to [...]


What other people think of you is none of your business.

by on Dec 7, 2010

Who are you trying to be like? Do you incessantly question yourself about the direction you are taking in your life, the decisions you make or the person you are trying to be? From the minute we are born we are exposed to many experiences, television shows, magazines and role models that are part of [...]



I Miss The Honky-Tonks, Dairy Queens, And 7-Elevens. ~ Dan Slanger

by on Dec 6, 2010

When I walk into a grocery store, I wonder how we got here, why we stay here, and how we might leave. So much salt, sugar, plastic, gasoline, and cyclical celebrity gossip. (There used to be cheap paperbacks at the checkout. Now I’ve noticed cheap DVD’s have taken their place.) No one thinks this stuff [...]


It’s things like this that make me wish I was Jewish. [Video] ~ Chloe Chatenever

by on Dec 3, 2010

The Maccabeats (all male Jewish a capella group from Yeshiva University) are celebrating the Festival of Lights in style… Chloe Chatenever lives in Boulder, CO where she is interning with elephantjournal.com and Sweet Letter Press. She is a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz where she earned her Bachelor’s in Modern Literary [...]


Waylon + Kasey cover Leaders Causing Leaders—VIDEO.

by on Dec 2, 2010

A few weeks ago, Long Beach got a dose of Elephant Journal in the form of Waylon himself! Waylon and I attended the Leaders Causing Leaders conference, which was a huge inspirational success! Check out our video highlights as we ask…What is a leader?


It’s a Festivus miracle.

by on Dec 2, 2010

How to throw a heretical holiday party. For the past several years, I’ve celebrated “Festivus,” the fictional holiday created by Frank Costanza in an episode of the ninth and final season of Seinfeld. In other words, due to my own spiritual confusion-slash-frustration with the ever-chaotic holiday season, I throw a Festivus party instead of a [...]


Kids Holiday Bike Give-Away.

by on Dec 2, 2010

It was the best Christmas present ever. I was 7 years old, still strongly believed in Santa and the sight of the shiny black BMX bicycle under the tree sent me screaming for joy! We all remember the excitement of getting our first bike.  My bicycle provided me with my first taste of freedom.  I [...]


Finally—an engaging, safe, virtual world for kids.

by on Dec 1, 2010

Games that inspire sustainability. MiniMonos (Little Monkey in Spanish) –founded by New Zealander mom and entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds–is a virtual world for kids from all over the world to monkey around in. With their own MiniMonos monkey avatar, they can choose a treehouse to live in, explore the beautiful island, chat with other monkeys, and even [...]


Got 4 minutes? This will change your life.

by on Nov 29, 2010

This arrived today and resonated so much after writing Twisted Compassion a few weeks ago. Give me 4 minutes here, you will not be the same~it is not about her best friend dying…that’s just the frame that popped up during posting.


Jai Uttal: Best Kirtan Video Ever?

by on Nov 29, 2010

I just love this incredibly creative and inspiring video with Jai Uttal, his wife Nubia, and his son Ezra.  What do you think? Does it make you want to go down on your knees and pray? And then dance? If you are new to Jai’s music, please check out his website: www.jaiutttal.com





Catching Thoughts: Mouth Service

by on Nov 18, 2010

I was in a car accident in 2009 and found a kickass Chiropractor/ CranioSacral Therapist in LA named Pamela Dumond. I complained of a headache prior to one of our sessions and so she suggested we do some mouth work (CranioSacral). I was BLOWN AWAY by the shifts it made in my head. She taught [...]


Catching Thoughts: Constipation Piggyback

by on Nov 17, 2010

I got a request in the comment section on my last post called “Constipation” from Jigme who wanted more info on how to connect emotions/thoughts to the body.  Well, here is the beginning of my two cents on it. Please chime in. I think this is a great topic to explore! -Aurora



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