Yoga health benefits are universal-- pranayama and asana for musicians Music is one of the purest forms of human communication. Musicians are the ambassadors and delivery boys and girls of the universal message of harmony, joy, and light…oh yeah, and the cathartic communion of the blues. As conduits, musicians must transmit this godly information into [...]
What can I say about Wah! that hasn’t been said already? Wah! was at the vanguard of the new yoga music/kirtan movement before magazine covers, yoga festivals, and yoga music record labels. Wah! was there to draw the blueprint and show us the path. It is her pioneering history and unwavering devotion that will [...]
The Secret Yogic Recipes of Mysore, India By V. Sandhya Elephant Publishing You’re 3,000 miles from home trying to find yourself. A stranger invites you to a family home in this strange land and somehow you feel like one of them. Together, we were a family at Sandhya’s house. Sandhya has been cooking for western [...]
Food for the Soul is a collection of ten essays by ten authors speaking from their hearts about vegetarianism as it relates to Yogic traditions. Some non-vegetarian Yogin readers may find the book's repeated inquiry, "Can you be a Yogin and not a vegetarian?" uncomfortable, especially with the collective consensus being probably not. Before I [...]
From the moment I hit play on Hindi Zahra's new album Handmade I was transported to other lands. Although Hindi is a Franco-Moroccan singer, her music and production occasionally have undertones from the South Pacific of the 1950s. I was taken back to my youth watching reruns of the television show M*A*S*H with my father, [...]
Awakened Earth Offers Stellar Kundalini Devotional Music When it comes to super easy listening from the world of kundalini devotional music, it doesn’t get much easier than Awakened Earth. Violins, flute, and harp give this newest release from Mirabai Ceiba a strong classical vibe, yet the album stays grounded in the present with a light [...]