Stories
FLOATING ROCKS
Pumice Most people associate detritus with rubbish that has washed up on a beach or lake shore. Today that’s easy to understand why. But it refers to anything and everything that...
MORE WATER, LESS STONE
When water doesn’t move, it becomes a pool of stale toxins and bacteria. That is precisely the nature of emotion: If it doesn’t move, if we don’t honor the beginning, middle, and end of all...
THE MOON AND HER CYCLES
In today’s fractured world, one thing we all have in common is standing on the same earth and looking up at the same beautiful moon. She transcends gender, race, religion, politics—all measures of...
LIQUID YOUTH
“This intangible and impalpable source of freshness and life, you’d very much like to carry it home, you see, the old magistrate from Naples said to me, but you cannot. It has...
THREE HOLY STATES OF WATER
Water is the only element that exists in three different states of matter, and moves fluidly among them: solid, liquid, mist. We humans are usually in one state or another, too, which is not...
SIERRA’S DRIVE
Professional skier, model, environmental activist, and independent filmmaker Sierra Quitiquit is a force of nature: powerful, beautiful, intelligent, and honest. She started skiing at the age of two and has been in...
WORSHIP AT THE WATER
Growing up in Jamaica, weekend excursions to newly discovered rivers and beaches were frequent. Here began my relationship with the sea. As a little girl, it felt and looked like a place as magnificent...
THE LONELY WHALE: A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE OCEANS
FACT: There are an estimated 86 million metric tons of plastics in our oceans—that’s 5 trillion individual pieces. It all started with one elusive whale. He’d been calling out for decades at a frequency...
THE PRESENCE OF ALOHA
Alison Teal was born into a family of conscious explorers. She grew up between the family’s off-the-grid Hawaiian base, and well, the rest of the world. She thrives on educating through entertainment,...
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
Wim Hof is the ultimate autodidact. At a young age, the Dutch extreme athlete started experimenting with cold water plunges combined with breathwork. He sought to monitor the impact of his experiments...
WE ARE ALL CONNECTED
Dr. Sylvia Earle is a pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist. She was among the first to use scuba gear and has spent over sixty years exploring and observing our oceans. Her insatiable...
CHAKRUBS
Being part of a movement dedicated to empowering people identifying as women to feel comfortable and proud in their sensual bodies has inspired me to further my mission of bringing the concept of energy into our conversations...
WHAT EVER GOES LET IT GO
Photography by Emma Tempest Styling by Camilla Pole
ADAPTOGENS
Humans around the world have been consuming adaptogenic herbs and experiencing their benefits for many thousands of years, but it was not until 1947 that Russian scientist and physician Dr. Nikolai Lazarev coined the...
DANCING OUTSIDE OF THE COMFORT ZONE
Vans is legendary. Their slogan, “Off the Wall,” encapsulates the notion of throwing fear to the wind and honoring spirit, individuality and bravery. Vans lionizes the act of being oneself unforgivingly, unrelentingly and...
WHERE THE LIGHT IS SO BRIGHT
Photography by Vava Ribiero Styling by Michelle Cameron
CROWN UP ROOTS DOWN
Casting Arianna Pradarelli Production Tedi Tsuruda Make-up John Mckay at Frank Reps Hair Johnnie Sapong using Leonor Greyl at Salon Benjamin Styling assistants Clara Bouche & Mackenzie Grandquist Talents Yvonne...
WITH LOVE FROM LA
The Comfort Zone. What is it? What purpose does it serve? Should we live in it or outside of it? And what if the answer were somewhere in between? Having discussed...
THE PEOPLE WHO SHAPE LA
Meet the trailblazing pioneers of the City of Angels. The power players, game changers, innovators and thought leaders who are shaping the landscape of sports and wellness on a global...
EMBRACE THE DARKNESS
Photography by Quentin de Briey Styling by Veronique Didry
CLIMB TO COURAGE
Photography by Ola Bergengren Set design by Johan Bromme