Sound therapy helps people cope with stress and trauma
Misti Cooper, spiritual alchemist, plays the crystal alchemy bowls using a corresponding wand in her apartment in West Hollywood, Calif. on March 11, 2019. Photo by Chris TorresRebecca Dru, Intuitive Spiritual Entertainer, harmonizes with the sound emitting from the crystal alchemy bowls in her apartment in West Hollywood, Calif. on March 11, 2019. Photo by Chris TorresRebecca...
BUDDHIST STATE OF MIND
Photos and Story by Maja Losinska
A warm upland air was flooding through the window at the West Hills Meditation Center, dancing to the sound of chirping birds and passing cars.
The smell of aromatic incense releasing rose-infused smoke spread over the room.
Bits of sunset light were still falling through the...
Insidious; Surviving A Cult
Photos and Story by Magdalena Bleu Briggs
Her journal was all that was left behind.
Sad evidence within the pages showed how she struggled with the notion that everything she was told growing up was a lie.
She wrote she was talking to God and still trying to get prophecies.
As a child she...
Curve Fashion
Mannequins resembling life-size Barbie dolls and photos of fashion-standard models wearing the latest trends are displayed at every corner of each store at a Los Angeles mall.
Alexus Gregg, who wears sizes 12-14, has been at the mall for more than an hour, trying to find a trendy outfit in her size, with limited success. Most of the stores only...
Fashion With A Purpose
Millions of pounds of plastic waste is created globally every year. With only a small portion being recycled at facilities, the rest is sent to landfills.
The creators of Wolven Threads decided to do neither, and put recycled plastic into the fabric of their clothes.
Wolven Threads is a sustainable brand that gives back to the earth and to the...
Saving the World One T-shirt At A Time
Hiding behind prison-like bars and faded paint that’s covering graffiti on a rundown Downtown Los Angeles warehouse sits a rack of dozens of high-end fabric creations, including a top-selling shirt called the Wearever T.
Like the warehouse, the best parts of Project Social T are not always in the looks, but in action — 10 percent of the proceeds from...
Melrose By Any Other Name
Psychedelic threads and suggestive advertisements bulge like beer bellies on the Fourth of July across 1.3 miles.
If one isn’t familiar with L.A. culture, some may mistake peacocking locals for models and Dr. Seuss inspired storefronts for film sets.
In reality, it is the boulevard between Beverly Hills and Silverlake that is the Los Angeles epicenter of shopping and...