Almost every morning I wake up and practice vinyasa yoga. About 20 minutes into the practice I regret waking up. It gets hot. I start to drip sweat beads onto my mat. My heart beat races. My breath speeds up and I have to keep moving along with its pace.

Once I got into the festival I was happy to see that there was a very good turnout, several thousands of people from all walks of life and all ages. Despite the smell of BBQ’d meats and passers by gobbling down all kinds of junk food I was happy to see at least two different vegan vendors selling healthy alternatives to BBQ pork, Beer, sweet potato fries and many other health hazard “food like substances” not worth mentioning.

It took Brother Echo about seven hours to drive and way too much gas money but the trip to Arizona was well worth the drive. A week ago today I found myself waking up extra-early so that I could make my way east to Arizona and Happy Oasis. I was dreading the long drive especially considering that I would be driving by myself but being that I’m a Raw trooper and ain’t nothing going to hold me down, I popped in my ear-buds turned on my iPhone music and hit the road!

Last month I got a quick minute to talk with one of the Southern California’s leading advocates for peace, love and unity Daniel Krieger a.k.a Konscious Krieger.

Daniel and I were at a fundraiser at Santa Monica’s conscious raw living hub Euphoria Loves Rawvolultion.

I got plenty of footage from the nights festivities! We’ll kick off this week with an interview from none other than Tom Freund who previous to this past Friday I had never heard of. I tend to boast about how much music I have and I pride myself with regard to all the different genres and hard to find artist I have in my collection, it’s always a pleasure when I get turned on to someone I’ve never heard of before and I actually like their music.

I recently discovered a group based out of Florida names “Sol Temple”. This wonderful group of light-beings has an amazing sound with such a beautiful message of love. Please give them a listen and share in this bliss.

We all want to support our fellow brothers and sisters in the Raw Sangha so with that said, I’d like to share some music from Cheryl Hill a.k.a. “The Vegan Rawker”. Cheryl is a wonderful musician who is very active in the Raw Vegan community.

This is one of my favorite off the grid, underground videos that I’ve held close to my heart over the past couple of years. I love all the precious moments captured throughout the video, this is truly a masterpiece.