I love this interview with Michael Gannon. I am 100% in sync with how he views the yoga practice and that somehow people have built up all of this restrictions ( the postures, sequence the timing of the breath, no music etc.) in an apparent effort to respect the strict tradition of Ashtanga. Personally I have begun a home based ashtanga practice 2.5 years ago and have a yoga room in my house. I play beautiful inspiring music (Deuter, Kamlal, Craig Pruess, Anugama, desert dwellers yoga dub etc.) and the music enhances my yogic experience and takes me to a higher level... it really helps to induce me in a meditative state and feels very natural and soothing to my soul. I think people should embrace their own personality more and drop any sort of dogmatic ideas and just be and feel their way around the practice. Listen to your body, your mind and it will guide you in the right place.. I applaud Michael fro following his own intuition in the practice and look forward to visiting his yoga school soon!

I think he’s wrong about the age thing. Everyone has different life experiences! I started at 19, It was exactly right for me. I like his honesty, though.

Did/has his book come out?