River of Languages: What If the Yoga You've Practiced Your Whole Life Is Just the Beginning? You meditate. You chant. You have a shelf of spiritual books you keep returning to. Somewhere along the way, yoga stopped being exercise and became something else entirely — something you can feel but have never quite been able to name. What if you could go to where it all started? This December, eight people will spend ten days in Varanasi — the City of Light, the city of Śiva, argua

Why do yoga teacher training students struggle with Sanskrit? Over the past few weeks I've been speaking to yoga teachers about Sanskrit, chanting, and what actually helps people feel supported in their learning. One conversation stayed with me. We talked about how many people feel intimidated by Sanskrit. The feeling of needing to get it right, or to keep up, or to not fall behind everyone else in the room. What I kept hearing wasn't I want more information. It was I want to

An explanation of why Vedic chanting can function as meditation. Vedic chanting is an important component of yoga classes.

Should the Sanskrit for yoga pose names or yoga philosophical words be taught in Yoga teacher trainings? The author feels that teaching yoga philosophical words are better for keeping yoga in its original form.

Sanskrit is the original language of yoga and remains central to yoga teacher training today. From āsana names and chanting to yoga philosophy and mantra, learning Sanskrit helps yoga teachers deepen their understanding of intention, meaning, and tradition, supporting confident teaching rooted in the source of yoga.