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You're listening to Insights at the Edge.

You're listening to Insights at the Edge.

Today my guest is Richard Freeman.

Richard is an author, teacher, and founder of the Yoga Workshop

here in Boulder, Colorado, which is where Sounds True Studios are.

His background includes Sufism, Zen, and Vipasana Buddhist

practices. He's also a practitioner of Bakhty, Hatha, and Ayengar Yoga, and is also an internationally respected instructor

of Ashtanga Yoga.

Richard is the author of a new book, The Mirror of Yoga, and has created many audio learning programs

with Sounds True, including The Yoga Matrix, Yoga Breathing, a program on

Yoga Chants, and an instructional DVD series called The

Ashtanga Yoga Collection. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Richard and I spoke about the paradox of self-reference and how it

relates to the true goals of yoga practice, the discovery and breaking down of samscaras,

and how yoga unites the opposing patterns within the body.

Here's my conversation with Richard Freeman.

I wonder Richard if we could start by you offering a chant, if you'd be willing. maybe a chant that is appropriate at the beginning of some kind of teaching session.

Okay. This is a shanty parte from the Yajurveda that's used at the beginning of teaching at the end of teaching and it's a non-sectarian one.

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