Incorporating the principles, attitudes and practices of bhakti yoga into one’s life is one of the best gifts one can give oneself, and the world. The aim of bhakti yoga is nothing less than a complete transformation of the entire personality, by bringing the individual consciousness ever closer to its source, the universal consciousness.
To that end, it gives us many useful and efficient techniques that help us do the hardest part of the yogic lifestyle: applying awareness and wisdom in day-to-day affairs.
Remembrance (smarana), reading and reflection on revealed truths (shravana and manana), creating a solid foundation for the mind through mantra repetition (japa), focussing the mind through conscious movement and mantra writing, chanting and kirtan: these are some of the topics we will delve into, presenting each technique in its context and with hints for home practice.