www.ashtangayogadc.com - my yoga "home" in Washington, DC. Ashtanga-based studio with additional classes in vinyasa style. No frills, no exasperated voices or commands to "open the heart chakra" - just good-quality yoga instruction. Teachers and their students are frequent travelers to India
www.centerforconsciousnessstudies.com - meditation center in Washington, DC in the Kashmiri Shaivism tradition. This place houses the Great Mother, no doubt...
www.yogaworkshop.com - the greatest personality in yoga instruction today. Theatre and meditation in one. The performance is well worth the admission price for the workshop. I co-starred once.
www.svastha.com - A G Mohan's Web site: yoga as a healthy, therapeutic practice. The way it's usually NOT practiced in the West... He was Krishnamacharya's student. His center is based near Madras, South India
www.extensionyoga.com - Sam Dworkis' Web site. He's based in Florida, but there are many overlaps with A G Mohan. It's a good sign you stumbled onto the truth...
Hindu Shaivist (Shiva-worshippers) Pilgrimages:
www.amarnathyatra.org - Amarnath Yatra is one of the biggest yearly shaivist pilgimages to the holy Amarnath cave in the Kashmiri Himalayas. It is believed that Shiva took his consort Parvati to that cave to initiate her into the secret of immortality. Read the blog from my trip there in '05 (note: the secret is not available on that page)
www.kumbh.org - Kumbha Mela: the biggest Shaivist festival that happens every 6 years, attracting millions of hindus
www.mountkailash.com - the pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, where it's believed that Shiva "sits"
Head-Fillers (reading materials):
www.namarupa.org - I don't how these guys managed to create something interesting and fresh amidst the sea of yoga books and magazines out there, but this publication is superb
Body Products:
www.justpeachyorganics.com - small company based in VA, with home-made, customized, totally organic body products. Yum!
www.drhauschka.com - skin is a semi-permeable tissue. It counts what you put on it. Organic, biodynamically-formulated skin care products. They smell great, too.
Gear:
www.prana.com - clothes for yoga practice. they have some organic hemp items. ahem...
Visuals:
Ashtanga Yoga Center in Moscow - you thought Russians were only good at drinking? They must have been to get in these poses
Music:
www.bhajans.org - Streaming Bhajans (devotional songs) radio