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A huge part of my adult life has been spent in Tam A huge part of my adult life has been spent in Tamil Nadu.

I was lucky enough to be invited here in my early thirties to work on a music project, and somehow, all these years later, I am still deeply connected to this beautiful, sacred land, its people, and its culture.

When I travel south, into the temples of South India, I encounter an acoustic ecosystem that captures my attention every single time—an acoustic experience unlike anything I have found elsewhere.

Perhaps it is the sacred culture that surrounds these spaces.
Perhaps it is the generosity of the people, who allow anyone to enter, sit, listen, and simply be there.
Or perhaps it is the architecture itself—the way these spaces are designed so that stories, rituals, music, voices, and people are constantly echoing through one another.

There is something deeply moving about this.

I find bliss in an environment that is not necessarily quiet.

Because silence, I have come to realize, is not always the absence of sound.

Sometimes silence is the space created when we listen deeply enough to hear everything.
“Something Changed when I changed to be in tune wi “Something Changed when I changed to be in tune with the planet, waking up with the sun, and going to sleep not long after it got dark … Rick Rubin”

The opportunity to walk the path alongside others — and to walk part of their path with them — is an immense gift for growth.

The responsibility.
The dharma.
The passion for what you do.
These are priceless.

I am deeply grateful for the teaching,
for India,
and for the people who walk this path with me.
POV the five Koshas in the Ashtanga Vinyasa syste POV 
the five Koshas in the Ashtanga Vinyasa system 

Āsana refines the body.
Breath refines the energy.
Concentration refines the mind.
Practice refines discernment.
Stillness reveals what is already there.
The Five Elements Pancha Bhuta (पञ्चभूत) We work The Five Elements
Pancha Bhuta (पञ्चभूत)
 
We work a lot with what we call the elements.

Air represents the world of thought and consciousness — ideas, imagination, and mental movement.

Water represents the world of sensation and emotion, intuition, and our ability to feel. 

Fire is the force of transformation and will. It moves us into action, digests experience, and turns potential into reality. 

Earth is where everything comes together. It is the embodiment of thought, emotion, and will within the body 

Space, or Ether, represents the quality of listening - the space that allows everything else to arise, move, and be perceived.

There is a direct connection between the 5 elements and the Ashtanga practice
Tuned in correctly we have another dimetion to connect with Thinking patterns, moral compass, energy, concentration and mind movement
the Ashtanga system unfolds itself ever again and again
The Ashtanga Yoga opening Mantra sets an intention The Ashtanga Yoga opening Mantra sets an intention that if remembers can transform the way we practice. 
(Kind of personal interpretation)

I surrender in front of the teachers who allowing me the knowledge. 
showing me the way for happiness and self awakening. 
They are the healers of my thinking patterns, helping me remove obstacles and condition existence.

Patanjali,  with 1000 radiant heads,  human in form bellow  the shoulders.
holding a sword representing discrimination, helping me to disconnect from my ego, and my obstacles.

 Holding a wheel of light, representing infinity, the never-ending movement in my life
And holding a conch, a divine sound, 
the sound of the universe, 
representing my never-ending call for a change…
to this I prostrate. 
Namaste

ॐ
वन्दे गुरूणां चरणारविन्दे
सन्दर्शितस्वात्मसुखावबोधे ।
निःश्रेयसे जाङ्गलिकायमाने
संसारहालाहलमोहशान्त्यै ॥

आबाहुपुरुषाकारं
शङ्खचक्रासिधारिणम् ।
सहस्रशिरसं श्वेतं
प्रणमामि पतञ्जलिम् ॥

ॐ

Oṁ
Vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde
Sandarśita-svātma-sukhāvabodhe
Niḥśreyase jāṅgalikāyamāne
Saṁsāra-hālāhala-moha-śāntyai.

Ābāhu-puruṣākāraṁ
Śaṅkha-cakrāsi-dhāriṇam
Sahasra-śirasaṁ śvetaṁ
Praṇamāmi Patañjalim.

Oṁ
Listening cannot be taught it reveals itself throu Listening cannot be taught
it reveals itself through experience.

It appears in the body as sensation, presence, and a quiet sense of connection.

Music offers one of the most direct paths into this kind of listening. Mantra, perhaps even more so, carries not only melody and rhythm, but meaning, memory, and intention.

On a full moon night in South India, a spontaneous musical conversation gave rise to this Naṭarāja Stotram
shared with Mahesh Vinayakram and Arjun Chandra.

Sometimes the deepest listening happens when nothing is planned.
We often live as if time is a line - always moving We often live as if time is a line - always moving, always chasing what’s next.

But what if time could be experienced differently?

In Sanskrit, two words offer another perspective:
Kala — chronological time.
Tala — rhythm, the pulse of life.

Perhaps life isn’t about keeping up with the clock, but learning to move with the rhythm.
The Sonic Dimension of Ashtanga Yoga Listening is The Sonic Dimension of Ashtanga Yoga

Listening is one of the most essential skills we cultivate through yoga.

In the Ashtanga tradition, we learn to listen to the breath, the rhythm of movement, the quality of attention, and the subtle intelligence of the body. 
These are not secondary aspects of the practice—they are the very foundations upon which the method is built.

Breath creates rhythm.
Vinyasa becomes musical continuity.
Bandhas provide internal structure and resonance.
Mantra refines perception.
Silence becomes an essential part of awareness.
Listening transforms practice from doing into experiencing.

If done right Music is a natural extension of this experience
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