Wellbeing Consultant and Dru Yoga Teacher Trainer

The Dru Bhagavad Gita by Chris Barrington, John Jones, Savitri MacCuish and Mansukh Patel, compiled and edited by Yamuna Loyal

An ancient text, the Bhagavad Gita, in a friendly, easy-to-enjoy style? I didn't think it was possible until I read the Dru Bhagavad Gita by Chris Barrington, John Jones, Savitri MacCuish and Mansukh Patel. It's fascinating stories and crystal clear insights seem to leap off the page into your everyday life! Chris, John, Mansukh and Savitri easily take the mystery out of the text and make it accessible to everyone...

There are three volumes in the Dru Bhagavad Gita (or 'Song of the Spirit'), each covering six of the Gita's eighteen chapters. It's a metaphor in the shape of a great battle, in which the main players represent the powerful forces which compete for supremacy within our own minds. Is that the greatest battlefield of all?

Each volume starts with Mansukh Patel's retelling of the Gita’s story and its main characters, and you can curl up by the fire and enjoy this bit! Then I use the second part of each volume for day to day inspiration. It gives the verses of the Gita, first in Sanskrit and then translated into English. This is followed by a commentary by Chris, John, Savitri and Mansukh as well as a helpful exercise to do during the day.

In my Dru Yoga Teacher training I find Chris, John, Mansukh and Savitri's version of the Bhagavad Gita very useful. It's an excellent resource for my teacher trainees who find it an easy route to making the most of the ancient, tried and tested insights provided by the yoga tradition.

More information: the Dru Bhagavad Gita by John Jones, Chris Barrington, Savitri MacCuish and Mansukh Patel, compiled and edited by Yamuna Loyal, Life Foundation Publications