About Us

Can you be happy, positive and excited about your life every day?

Anything and everything is possible, even when you live in an urban jungle. Find honest, and sometimes comical, daily stories of reflection and inspiration, as Ilana Donna searches and finds ways to balance her life in NYC.

The Downtown Dharma site is a bit of Cosmo meets Deepak Chopra, offering deep yet fun insights into finding peace and meaning. No need to fly to India or decode new age healers. Find modern wisdom and inspiration you would get from a hip, personal guru every day.

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Ilana Donna Arazie is a blogger and vlogger based in NYC who chronicles stories about living your best life in a big city. Her stories have been featured on the Associated Press, Chicago-Sun Times, Yahoo, The Travel Channel and other media outlets.