Blog Detail
Taking The Ow Out of Now
http://bethlapides.com
This is the blog of Beth Lapides. Beth is a spiritual comedian and multi-media personality.
Beth is best known for founding, hosting and producing Un-Cabaret, the legendary live show that led the 'alternative comedy' revolution. Nevertheless when strangers recognize her it is usually fro her brief but captivating appearance as the performance artist on "Sex and the City".
Beth's an original thinker and her columns, essays an opinions have appeared in and on Politically Incorrect, NPR's "All Things Considered", the Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, Fit Yoga, Utne Reader, The Realist, LA Weekly, Premiere and freshyarn.com. She was the irreverently thoughtful self help correspondent for ABC Radio's Satellite Sisters and now writes a monthly column about yoga: "My Other Car Is A Yoga Mat" which is syndicated in LA Yoga and Yoga Chicago magazine. Her first book: "DID I WAKE YOU? Haikus for Modern Living" was published by Soft Skull Press.
Beth and producing and life partner Greg Miller teach writing, performing, creativity and living at The Comedian's Way (LA, NY, Tuscon). They've been teaching privately for over 10 years ad in addition have taught and/or lectured at UCLA Extension, Brown University, University of Iowa, Yoga Fit Convention, Humber College of the Arts, CalArts, the Skirball Center.
Beth writes about living in this crazy changing time with an eye towards taking the ow out of now. She covers mysteries like the crop circles, health advice, and tools for enlightened living. The blog also provides a a calendar and contacts.
Recent Posts
Happiness Tech 101: 4 Ways to Use a Camera as a Mood Converter
I was in a great expansive mood after being on camera for an hour long interview about my yoga practice for a piece soon to be on Time Warner VOD. Great producer. Beautiful studio. Proof positive below. As Greg pulled onto PCH I checked the Blackber...
Give Your Car the Gift of Yoga This Year (Super Sale on License Plate Frames - 4 for $25)
SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE Give your car the gift of yoga this year. Get 4 "My Other Car is a Yoga Mat" license plate holders for just $25 (normally $10 each)! They also make great gifts for the yogis in your life. $10 each2 for $154 for $25 These licens...
My Other Car is a Yoga Mat Podcast (Episode #3): Arm and Arm
"My Other Car is a Yoga Mat" is my column about living my - your - our yoga off the mat, and deepening our practices on the mat. It's published in LA Yoga Magazine, Yoga Chicago Magazine and yogamates.com. The collected columns are also available...
100% Happy 88% of the Time - The Trailer
This trailer will give you a taste of the delights that await in Beth's show, which others have called "Funny & Mind-Expanding!" (LA Weekly) and "Not to be missed (examiner.com) and "Chakradelic upward-facing comedy!" (yogamates.com). Click...
Friday the 13th Luck: The Good the Bad and the Hugly
The fact that Friday the 13th is considered bad luck is one of the most regressive repressive omnipresent memes we have going. But we can turn the beat around on the 13 vibration. In the Tarot the 13th card is... drum roll please... The Death Card!!!...
How the Comedian\'s Way Workshop Works
The Comedian's Way workshop for Writers, Performers & Other Humans is the place to develop your authentic voice and deepest material for one-person shows, personal essays, books, scripts, blogs, or just to have a better attitude about life....

