Last week on Wednesday May 21 Meniscus contributor Jonathan Cody went out to support the annual El Museo del Barrio Gala 2014, this year held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Seeing the signature Cipriani Bellini was just what Jonathan and 500 other supporters needed to get their cocktail hour on. Kicking off the proceedings, Tony Bechara … [Read more...]
When I was called to style the raspy-voiced Joan Osborne for her latest album, all I could think of was her song “What if God was one of us”. With the most powerful tool of any artist today, I rushed to Google and did my homework. I looked at her, I looked right into her eyes. I listened to her, I let her scratchy voice swirl around in my head. And, then I … [Read more...]
You may have heard of this fermented health beverage called Kombucha. I have been drinking it casually for years when I was feeling a bit off balance, but last year I took a class about fermented foods by Donna Schwenk and it transformed the way I looked at cultured foods, including this crazy fermented tea called Kombucha. Donna explains in her book … [Read more...]
Just last week Meniscus contributor Jonathan Cody had the opportunity to attend the an exclusive preview of David Datuna’s Elements exhibition at the Birnam Wood Galleries in Manhattan's Chelsea art district. David Datuna’s portraits of iconic individuals will resonate through their cultural significance. From Andy Warhol to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis … [Read more...]
Meniscus Magazine is here to support the mind expansion side of health and wellness, this time we're talking about nutritional neuroscience. But before we get into that, in order to understand how to supplement the brain with different compounds, it is important to understand the basic functioning of the grey area. The brain consists of millions of cells … [Read more...]
Macrobiotic diet, the anti-cancer diet The Cancer Prevention Diet: Michio Kushi's Macrobiotic Blueprint for the Prevention and Relief of Disease is all about how to stay healthy with a simple, delicious macrobiotic diet—and the good news is that you don't have to be a millionaire celebrity to eat this way. Macrobiotics, first mentioned in 1797 in … [Read more...]
Paramahansa Jagadish When speaking of powerful healers of our age, one can not overlook Paramahansa Jagadish, American-raised, Eastern-trained yogi. Jagadish has dedicated his life to spreading spiritual wellness by awakening others’ hearts to experience Divine Grace, the source of all transformation, healing and release from undesired patterns. His level … [Read more...]
Swami Sri Kaleshwar, Penukonda, India. Today, March 15th, 2014 is the second anniversary of Swami Sri Kaleshwar taking his mahasamadhi, meaning he ceased to be in his body and ascended to the infinite. I have been involved in his work since May 2010 and traveled to his ashram near Bangalore India that July. Most westerners have not heard of Kaleshwar—yet. I … [Read more...]
Women are highly intuitive creatures, much more so then us men. On a subtle level, they know what you are thinking. To treat a woman well, you have to be in the right mindset. This installment of the Gentleman’s Guide to the Goddess is about raising your mental discipline to the higher levels of consciousness. Mind your mind The first step in finding … [Read more...]
What is love? Good question. So this Valentine's Day, with love on the mind, we decided to dive into the neuroscience of love as it occurs physiologically. While the propagation instinct is built into all species, the entire animal kingdom does not hold the capacity to love. Your cat may act as a romantic troubadour as he passionately licks the neck of … [Read more...]