Michelle Baker and Keith Porteous are the co-owners of Swan River Yoga in New Orleans and avid Bhakti music lovers. This CD is a collaboration put together by them for the intention of learning, listening and repeating. These are simple Mantras in their composition after years of learning Sanskrit and practicing yoga in many trainings, Churches, Ashrams and in India, the Motherland herself. This CD is meant to bring these Mantras into greater access while respecting their origin.. Please practice these Mantras daily to retrain your mind. Yogis are renaissance beings. Our voice and sacred word is a mirror of Divine creation. We are meant to share and express in many artistic of Divine ways. Resonate and resound exquisite Truth back as an offering. Share devotion, art and beauty on this planet. As a Yoga Teacher especially, please practice these sacred tools daily. Share your voice with valor and Love. This CD is meant to inspire you to learn the correct pronunciation of the Sanskrit language and to openly and boldly repeat is in class or in your all healing settings. These chants are meant to be very simple in melody so that you too can sing along with us. Mantras are Cosmic gifts and tools. They assist us to redirect our aim and to aim for the Highest, saying what we mean, and meaning what we say. Remember, all things come from Sound. There are tools here to warm up the voice, simple Mantras that we use in our Reiki practices, mantras for protection, for courage, for purification & for opening the heart. This CD is in honor of all of the original yogis that came before us, sitting next to a camp fire, under the stars and in the forest, respecting the roots from which yoga came. Our hope is that this CD ignites you to open your heart and to be impeccable with your Word. This CD was recorded in New Orleans, LA, the city of music, in a gorgeous church. Please also visit us at Swan River Yoga. www.swanriveryoga.com