Album Notes

For the first time in a series of albums, comes the anticipated release of
"The Spoken Word Series" with Sharon Gannon and David Life.
Articulate spoken word from two of the most compelling, provocative yoga masters of our time.
Gives incredible and poignant facts and realizations about the practices of yoga. An indispensable tool for teachers and students alike, as well as education for those who are practicing a vegetarian diet and desire some guidance on how to speak about their choice with others.
Sharon Gannon & David Life are the creators of the Jivamukti Yoga Method, which is a path to enlightenment through compassion for all beings and one of the fastest growing and most highly regarded modern approaches to the ancient art of yoga. They are pioneers in teaching yoga as spiritual activism/activation, recognized as “innovators” by TIME magazine. Vanity Fair magazine credits them with making Yoga "cool and hip". They travel extensively, teaching and presenting at American, European, Canadian, South American and Asian conferences. With their Yoga DVDs and the books Jivamukti Yoga (also translated into Russian & Italian), The Art of Yoga, Yoga and Vegetarianism and Cats and Dogs are People, Too!, Gannon and Life are changing the way that people view spirituality, life, themselves, each other, animals and the environment. These albums are the first three in The Spoken Word Series, produced by Andrea Boyd. Never before have their audio been available in this way.

Volume One: "Animal Rights"
Compilation including insights and facts from Gannon & Life regarding the subject of a vegetarian diet for human beings, especially those interested in yoga. Tracks such as: Where will all the cows go? Sacredness of Food, & Too Extreme

Volume Two: "Vegetarianism & The Yamas"
Includes Sharon's brilliant insights on vegetarianism in relationship to the Yamas, the great yogic vows found in The Yoga Sutra of Master Patanjali. Also features Questions & Answers from students on the topic.

Volume Three: "An Interview with David Life"
Given in 2003, at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco in front of a live studio audience for radio broadcast. Includes discussion on the Jivamukti method, India, meditation, guru, explanation of asanas' effect, and why yoga is so popular in these times.

"David and Sharon have inspired and encouraged us to think of yoga not just as a system of exercises but as a door to the infinite."—Sting (preface, Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for the Body and Mind That Liberate the Soul, Ballantine, 2002)

"World's Best Yoga Instructors"—Manila Standard, Phillipines

"Our responsibility as teachers is to generate independence and share knowledge freely, not portion it out according to how much we get from the student."—David Life (Yoga Journal)

"Many yoga teachers today cheat their students by not emphasizing the importance of a vegetarian diet and its relationship to the practice of yoga."—Sharon Gannon (Yoga Journal)