This project was truly a labor of love. I spent 6 months, several hours per day honing the rhythms, dynamics and sounds to create this companion to mind-body training. The 2 years preceding the production of the CD were intense times of development for me: I fully recovered from years of crippling back pain, completed 420 hours of yoga teacher training and fulfilled my dream of doing intensive study in traditional Cuban percussion in Santiago de Cuba. One day around dusk, I was sitting, practicing on the balcony in Santiago de Cuba. I had been there for a few hours, working intensely on one particular conga rhythm. I had played that rhythm so many times that day that there was nothing more than its sounds and its pulse in my mind. Just then I thought back to my yoga training and realized that with this rhythm, I had attained a state of meditation that had alluded me when I meditated silently in sitting position. Because of the all-consuming impact the vibrations had on me and the synchronization of my breathing with the rhythm, there was no space for anything else in my mind. After making this visceral connection between my two practices, I started to sing a mantra over the rhythm and the idea for "Yoga Music" was born. Although I performed most of the vocals and instruments on this recording, I also got some crucial help from my friends John Tegner on flute, Hikaru Tanaka on vocals and Jin Oki on Spanish guitar. Each of them really entered into the mood of the recording and gave outstanding performances. Since releasing it, many have told me it is both effective as background music for Yoga and massage, as well as music for deep relaxation with headphones. I hope you get as much joy and peace from listening to it as I did from making it. All the Best Paul