A song to help you remember the 5 Kleśas, as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. The five Kleshas are Avidya (ignorance), Asmita (egoism), Raga (attachment), Dvesha (aversion), and Abhinivesha (fear of death/clinging to life.) I have struggled a bit with remembering the kleśas, the five poisons or mental…

Episode 8 of the Don't Forget Yoga Podcast features a song to help you remember the Kleśas, as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. Song begins: 05:13 I have struggled a bit with remembering the kleśas, the five poisons or mental afflictions that keep us from yoga. I was…

A trippy song and handstand dance to celebrate #handstandmotivationmonth

The shatkarmas are yogic purification techniques, described by Svatmarama in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā as kriya (actions to acheive a specific result), are Netī, Dhautī, Naulī, Basti, Kapālabhātī, and Trāṭaka. This is the first song I wrote to memorize yoga concepts. It was the 2011 Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Training at…

Promoting the Sacred Songs Music Night at Yoga Sanctuary in Northampton, MA, on November 18th at 7:30PM. Featuring the debut of the Bhakti Barnacle Band! https://www.yoga-sanctuary.com/events/

The Bhakti Barnacle Band: Riding the Cosmic Whale through the ocean of consciousness. We are a kirtan and sacred song band based in Western Massachusetts, and this is our debut video, just having fun.

The tale of my father's journey to Antarctica in 1955, illustrated with the sea shanty, "The Wyandot Comes." As a seabee in the US Navy, William R. Goodwin was one of the first people to set foot on the South Pole, helping to build bases to host scientific research in…

Subscribe to Warrior One https://warrioronepodcast.com We release this episode, the third and final episode of the Kumbhaka Trilogy, on the 1-year anniversary of the event that inspired it. Featuring interviews with Reginald Hubbard ,the Congressional Affairs Liaison and Senior Political Strategist at MoveOn.org , who applies yoga philosophy to his…

Subscribe to Warrior One https://warrioronepodcast.com Between the inhale and the exhale there is a pause, or retention breath, that the yogi's call, "kumbhaka ." The first three episodes of the Warrior One Podcast revolve around a yoga training that occurred the weekend of March 14th in Boulder, Colorado. That weekend…

Subscribe to Warrior One https://warrioronepodcast.com A tribute to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who lived an extraordinary life that changed the world. This short bonus episode picks up where she left off, imagining her merging back into the universe and passing her strength, courage and wisdom on to…

Between the inhale and the exhale there is a pause that the yogi's call, "kumbhaka ." The first three episodes of the Warrior One Podcast revolve around a yoga training that occurred the weekend of March 14th in Boulder, Colorado. That weekend became the pause between the pre-pandemic world, and…

Joy is a Maltese I got to spend some time with, and we made this video. My friends Mo and Luna also make appearances. I wrote the "Yoga with Joy" song on my ukulele. Just having some fun, hope you will too.

Oh Mama, tell me where's that river flow? I've been in it such a long time And nobody seems to know... A song I wrote for Mother's Day 2020, to honor Mama Earth, Mama Goodwin (my mom), Mama Burns (my sister), and all mothers everywhere. I wrote the chorus last…

In yoga we have many ways of honoring the divine. The ubiquitous "namaste" means I bow to the divine in you. In Kundalini Yoga, we have satnam, which means "true identity." In Yoga with Cats, we have a similar mantra, "Cat Nam." It means "I bow to the feline in…

Ever wonder what's up with Om? Join Pashupa and his housemate's cat Felix for a journey through the meaning of this sacred, scientific, Sanskrit mantra. Includes a recording of the Big Bang! OM (AUM): * A Sanskrit Sound * A "Bija Mantra," bija is Sanskrit for "seed" * 1st part…

Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning. This song is a take off from "To know him is to love him", repurposed and rededicated to the goddess. From Wikipedia: Saraswati, is a Sanskrit fusion word of saras (सरस्) meaning "pooling water", but also sometimes translated…

This song is from the Yoruba and Santeria traditions, out of Africa and Brazil. Oshun is the goddess of the fresh water, love, fertility, beauty, and more. I feel called to connect to Earth spirits in these times, from the many beautiful sacred traditions. How precious is the water that…

Got 10 minutes? Enjoy a special yoga sequence in the company of the farm animals at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. This sequence was created by Jivamukti Yoga co-founder Sharon Gannon, as a 10 minute yoga practice that gets your entire body warmed up and stretched, building strength and bringing relaxation.…

I made this at the beginning of lockdown, when I was living in Boulder CO. Music starts at 3:42 if you want to jump ahead ;-) Kṛṣhṇa govinda govinda gopāla Kṛṣhṇa muralī mano hara nandalālā Kṛṣhṇa is the aspect of nature, or the divine, that sustains us. In Hindu mythology…