Djilani Sprang

I’ve been practicing Yoga since 1987, did my first teacher training in 1988, and started teaching at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta center and Jivamukti Yoga Center in 1989. In 1991 I began practicing Ashtanga Yoga and stopped teaching Yoga for a couple of years to focus on learning a system of Yoga that was completely new to me and by which I was captivated. I also started studying Sanskrit and began learning how to chant Sanskrit texts and prayers in a traditional manner. This is really all I have been doing since the late 1980s: studying, learning, and practicing Yoga (and teaching). Hinduism, the tradition that Yoga comes from, and all of its associated philosophies and texts, are an endless ocean of knowledge and information, and there is always something new to learn. With the Indic traditions, there’s no chance of ever becoming bored, or of learning everything!