#1 -Why chant mantra?

 I began my yoga journey in 2000 and for the first several years I approached my practice from the angle of an athlete. Being raised by active parents and being a dancer, yoga felt complementary to my favorite activities. Although from a young age the world of the meta-physical was so strong that yoga started feeding that part of me as well.

As my yoga exposure and experience evolved I was definitely drawn to the spiritual side of yoga more and more and less about the body’s performance in a pose even though that was still a big part of my practice and teaching. 

In 2007 as I took my next yoga training with an Anusara focus I was finally feeling satiated and gobbled up the deeper dive into philosophy like it was yoga crack candy! Along with that came the practice of reciting chants of ‘Om Namah Shivaya' and my world would never be the same. My body, mind and soul took to chanting as a way for radiating my love for the...