Another highly-recommended yoga album: From DonnaDeLory.com Singer and songwriter Donna De Lory has always followed divergent musical roads. The petite, vivacious brunette with the mighty voice happily dallied in the mainstream as Madonna's sassy tour sidekick for over a decade, but her own parallel journey as a solo artist follows a more eclectic muse. A devoted student of yoga and spiritual teachings, De Lory's lushly conceived solo albums, like her 2009 ecstatic groove Sanctuary, are … [Read more...] about Sanctuary by Donna De Lory
Archives for April 2010
Dharma Gypsys ~ Zeppelin and Floyd meet Krishna Das
Described elsewhere as "Zeppelin and Floyd meet Krishna Das," Dharma Gypsys just might be the ticket to musical enlightenment you've been seeking for a long time. When I say musical enlightenment, you know what I'm talking about. Some yoga music rocks, and some just plain sucks. We must avoid sucky yoga music at all costs. Dharma Gypsys, however, is so far on the opposite end of the suck spectrum it's not even funny. Seriously. I happened across the group's apparently only album earlier … [Read more...] about Dharma Gypsys ~ Zeppelin and Floyd meet Krishna Das
Deepak Chopra Contends Patent on Yoga Expired
Or did a patent on yoga ever exist? It certainly didn't take long for Deepak Chopra to provide his own rebuttal of Aseem Shukla's lament on the disconnect between the practice of yoga today and its supposed Hindu roots. Here's the beginning of Mr. Chopra's counter argument: First, yoga is a spiritual discipline in India, and always has been. The aim of the practice is liberation. When liberation occurs, the yogi is freed from the religious trappings that enclose Yoga. Those trappings have … [Read more...] about Deepak Chopra Contends Patent on Yoga Expired
The Back-to-Basics Yoga Movement
What better than "A Yoga Manifesto" in The New York Times today to follow up yesterday's post on yoga's past, present, and future. Definitely recommended for reading and contemplation. Great comments, by the way, on yesterday's post as well. Thanks to all for the additional perspective. From Yoga to the People's homepage: Something to think about. … [Read more...] about The Back-to-Basics Yoga Movement
Did America Steal Yoga from the Hindus?
To answer the title of this post, yes it did, at least according to this thought-provoking assessment of the apparently rocky relationship between Hinduism and the practice of yoga in the West. Aseem Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation, writes, in essence, that the early Indian transmitters of yoga to the West sold out. They all just sort of said, "To heck with Hinduism, let's see the money!" Hinduism, as a faith tradition, stands at this pass a victim of overt intellectual … [Read more...] about Did America Steal Yoga from the Hindus?
It’s Time to Recycle Your Old Yoga Journals
Every few years I find my stack of yoga magazines piling up. Eventually I convince myself to pull out the scissors and cut out my favorite yoga articles, which I then place in three-ring binders for reference. I recycle the rest of the magazine. It's a bit painful to chop up the magazines, but it certainly proves a useful exercise in non-attachment... Happily, I recently discovered that every single page of Yoga Journal, all the way from issue number 1, which was 10 pages and cost 75 cents … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Recycle Your Old Yoga Journals
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