Everyone Needs Chillaxing Time, Even Krishna Das
Krishna Das, beloved kirtan singer of many years, put out a message on YouTube last month, saying that he is taking a 6 to 12 month sabbatical in 2016, to "rejuvenate, rest and get some juice back in the system". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IPLvm1uBuo The video startled me a bit, because he does look tired, worn out. His web site team says he's okay, not to...
Bhakti Chanting, Sanskrit and Mythology
Out of the mountain of our yoga teacher training study materials, I was immediately drawn to the chanting books; Bhakti or devotional chanting, which I love. We sing the invocation to Patanjali every day, and it's nice to begin asanas with this familiar chant that I know well from many Iyengar yoga classes back home. For the first week, we have...