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I am Desiree Mays, producer of Yoga Moments on Fridays just before 5pm and Sundays just before 8am. The idea for Yoga Moments is to provide a quiet two minutes in busy times to relieve stress and provide a little food for thought. My readings and books come to me and cover all faiths and philosophies from the Dalai Lama to Yoga for Chickens (visualize meditating standing on one leg, chicken-style - Tree pose for those in the know).

Spinifex has been spinning records since he could get his head and hands inside the Sylvania console stereo his parents had in their living room. Spinifex has also been a collector of many types of music, with his music understanding and collection growing exponentially over the years.

A native New Yorker, drummer and founder of the jazz quintet Straight Up, John Trentacosta brought his collective big band and small group experience to New Mexico in 1992. After two decades as the rhythm force behind jazz notables Chuck Wayne, Jimmy Knepper, and the Al Porcino big band, John brought new energy to the New Mexico jazz scene.

Raised in a home with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Amad Jamal, and Milt Jackson cascading from the hi-fi; then older bro’s Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrane, The Outsiders, Beach Boys, and Trashmen. Loved it all: the sounds, the sway, and the signals. Then on to teen adventures: Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Moody Blues, Cream, Traffic, Jefferson Airplane, the Dead, Buffalo Springfield, Joni Mitchell Pentangle, Floyd, King Crimson and all that would sprout from these associations. A family tree began to form. Then, a momentous 1972, the fifth Beatle, George Martin, produced ‘Icarus’ by the Paul Winter Consort, featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Colin Walcott, leading the Invisibleman to the group Oregon, and the ECM label (Towner’s first solo release). For over forty years the Editions of Contemporary Music label out of Germany has provided the Invisibleman, and the World, an incredible roster of fine international musicians from jazz, classical, world, and contemporary chamber music. Beginning in the 80s and 90s more and more early music and contemporary classical artists were added to the roster, and from early exposure to Airto and Flora Purim to King Sunny Ade, more and more world music began to be added as well. Robert Fripp and Brian Eno’s ‘No Pussyfooting’ opened up new sonic possibilities in the seventies and the branches created by these two artists continue to flourish to this day. By the late eighties and early nineties what was started by Soft Machine, Eno and others took flower in the electronica explosion – especially in Britain and Europe. The Invisibleman took to it at once, assiduously collecting The Future Sound of London, The Orb, Aphex Twin, and other leading lights of this totally new way to create music.

Susan Ohori pioneered the programming of world music on radio from 1972 - 1977 on Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley, with her program Last Chants. She served as Music Director there from 1976 - 1977, when she left the Bay Area to research and record Purepecha folk music in Michoacan, Mexico.

Steve Terrell is host of Terrell's Sound World -- the home of Free-form Weirdo Radio which revels in garage, punk, psychedlelic surf, R&B, polka and other crazy sounds. Terrell also produces a monthly podcast, The Big Enchilada, which is part of the Radio Mutation Rock 'n' Roll Network.

It happened sometime in the ’80’s. Or maybe it was the early ’90’s. The novel sounds coming ashore from British “New Wave” artists, the catchy samples of emerging electronica producers, the move-inducing loops from early house DJ’s - something about it all and Tony was forever hooked on electronic music.

"I believe Abbey Lincoln when she said: 'Music is the magic of a secret world.'"

Janine Jackson is FAIR’s program director and producer/host of FAIR’s syndicated weekly radio show Counterspin. She contributes frequently to FAIR’s newsletter Extra!, and co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the ’90s (Westview Press). She has appeared on ABC‘s Nightline and CNN Headline News, among other outlets, and has testified to the Senate Communications Subcommittee on budget reauthorization for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Her articles have appeared in various publications, including In These Times and the UAW’s Solidarity, and in books including Civil Rights Since 1787 (New York University Press) and Stop the Next War Now: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism (New World Library). Jackson is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and has an M.A. in sociology from the New School for Social Research.

Lynda Hope became Self Actualized beyond her personal identity through a series of life changing experiences. The first powerful insight was when Hope had panic attacks as a child when she questioned her mortality. Her heart beat out of her chest and her body became hot and flushed just thinking of dying. This went on for years until one night, hope said to herself, “ I will find the answer to death and dying before I die.” That thought alone, dissolved the panic attacks and she discovered how powerful thoughts can be, hence, what you believe, you conceive. Hope read Wayne Dyer’s books in the 70’s which pointed to the WITNESS. As the witness, you can watch yourself as the person, like a fly on the wall, without getting caught up in the drama of life.