Yoga Connections

Discover the connections between yoga and the traditions expressed in Himalayan art.

Yoga is a system of philosophy and practice that seeks to help people align their body and mind in order to transform their experience. One translation of yoga is “yoke,” the tool used to connect an ox to a plough. Like yoga, the art objects in our collection, intended for ritual purposes as well as aesthetic ones, seek to link the worldly and the transcendent.

This month Romona Mukherjee joins us to discuss a work of art that will inspire a conversation about yoga, its philosophies, and its visual representations. A breathing exercise will allow participants to internalize the discussed concepts.

About the Speaker

Romona Mukherjee‘s mission is evolving consciousness. She works as a teacher, guide, and mindfulness-based psychotherapist in her private practice called Therapy to Evolve. She weaves Eastern wisdom practices with Western theoretical foundations to create a space in which insight and healing emerge organically and spontaneously. Her mystical and philosophical studies are rooted in the Balasaraswati lineage of Bharata Natyam (Sacred Temple Dance) and the Shri Vidya tradition of tantra.