The Obstacles according to Patanjali

PatanjaliAccording to Patanjali (the sage who compiled the Yoga Sutra-195 aphorisms about yoga-approximately 2,000 years ago), there are nine obstacles that stand in the way of us developing one-pointed focus or a state of yoga.Yoga Sutra 1.30 says that if we...

Why I Chant

I’ve been singing probably as long as I could talk. I remember forcing my family to pay for concerts that I put on in our living room. Granted it was on a nickel, but…As I’ve shared in a previous post, because of singing, I have a natural attraction and affinity for...