Experts
Sharon Gannon
Co-Founder, Jivamukti Yoga
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Where did "trick or treat" come from? Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief, Arts & Culture
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What is the importance of Sanskrit?
Finding your real voice through an ancient tongue. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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What is the importance of music?
Everything is sound. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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What is the importance of meditation?
Not reacting to every stimulus. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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We eat children and destroy our world in the process, says Gannon. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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Gannon, on the five precepts of Jivamukti. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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Sharon Gannon On A Culture of Waste and Exploitation
Perfecting one's relationship to all things. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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Sharon Gannon on the New Enlightenment
Sharon Gannon on the oneness of being. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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Shaorn Gannon on Traveling the Yogic Path
Sharon Gannon on the new spiritual radicalism. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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It all boils down to our relationships. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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Finding out what makes form form. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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From attempted suicide to dance. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Identity
Gannon is a renowned yoga master, instructor and animal rights activist. In 1984, she and her partner David Life created the Jivamukti Yoga Method, which is a path to enlightenment through compassion for all beings. They are pioneers in teaching yoga as spiritual activism/activation. The JY Method emphasizes vinyasa, scriptural study, devotion, prayer, music, chanting and meditation as well as animal rights, veganism, environmentalism and political activism.
Jivamukti's passionate focus on the original meaning of the Sanskrit word "asana" as seat, connection, relationship to the earth is as practical as it is radical at this time of global and consciousness shift. The Jivamukti Yoga Method is taught worldwide at Jivamukti Yoga Schools in NYC, Detroit, Toronto, London, Berlin and Munich. The Jivamukti practice is also available on DVDs Yoga Journal has recognized Gannon and Life, as innovators in Yoga and "The New York Times" says, "Without Jivamukti, yoga in the U.S. would still be the obscure practice of a few."
"Time Magazine" recognized Jivamukti Yoga as one of the nine methods of Hatha Yoga taught in the world today. JY is featured in the acclaimed documentary film: What is Yoga? Sharon is a featured yogini in various books: "Yoga" by Linda Sparrowe, "American Yoga" by Carrie Schneider, "Yogini" by Janice Gates and "Women to Women" by Christina Lessa.
