Yoga Chants: Deepen Your Yoga Practice with Authentic Sanskrit Chant

by Richard Freeman

Perhaps no one is more qualified to offer a program on the practice of both yoga and chant than Richard Freeman, who, for nearly a decade, lived in India mastering Sanskrit chant and how it can complement and enrich the practice of yoga. Now he shares the fruits of his intensive study with Yoga Chants, a 2-CD instructional program on the authentic meaning, precise pronunciation, and yogic application of traditional Sanskrit chant. Drawing from the Upanishads and other classical yoga texts,Yoga Chants helps listeners invoke the sacred, find deeper meaning and empowerment in their yoga practice, and reach the ultimate goal of all yoga: liberation. Through commentary on the literal translation and modern understanding of the chants, and featuring the opportunity to participate in call-and-response chants of several Sanskrit mantras, Yoga Chants presents: Why chant completes yoga practice in a way no pose alone can The science of sacred sound: proven physiological effects of chant Ancient chants from India for overcoming delusion, cultivating peace and prosperity, awakening insight into the happiness of pure Being, and much more

Audio CD

First published December 1, 2004

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Reviews

[Artemisia Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve practiced yoga for over 50 years, but as a Western practitioner, my focus has been on the asansas or poses themselves and not nearly as much on the Sanskrit teachings behind the physical practice. This audio version of Richard Freeman’s Yoga Chants gave me a glimpse of an even deeper part of yogic philosophy than I’ve been exposed to before. Freeman studied and learned these chants in the original Sanskrit over many years while living in India and has recorded several here with his own explanations on how they relate to our lives on and off the mat. The chants are rather long and advanced so rather than seeing this compilation as a completed lesson, I would suggest using them as a continuing tool for further exploration; or perhaps start by choosing one to play at the beginning or end of a daily asana practice to immerse yourself in the deep wisdom they contain.

[Bill Seliger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listening to the audiobook version (as read (chanted?) by Richard himself). Hoping that I'll be able to chant without a prayer card the next time I'm at Ashtanga...