Modern life is anything but silent. Whether you read this article in the office or at home, take a moment to listen to all the sounds around you. If you are at work, you probably hear the conversations of co-workers, the ventilation system, photocopier, a slamming door, the phone rings, the printer. If you're at home, perhaps it is the children, television, radio, washing machine, dishwasher or even the ticking of your clock. And, unless you print this email, you probably hear the sound of the computer fan!

I invite you to experience the silence. When the time is appropriate, turn off all devices that emit sounds. Sit and listen. If this observation time never comes, you can ask to know why this is so. There could be thoughts that you try to flee. Sounds around you then prevent them hear it and you can be comforting.

When you experience, you will still hear some outside sounds and soon, you can hear your inner sounds. Do you start thinking about your grocery list, a discussion with a colleague, the distance which shows your spouse face yourself, your plans to buy a house or car?

When there is silence around us, we realize that in addition to the five senses that we know, hearing, touch, smell, sight and taste, we have a sixth: the thoughts. When we begin to bring the silence around us, we realize that our mind, it is not silent. He talks and talks and talks yet. And he never seems to stop.

When practicing yoga, we try to live a yoga session in the present moment as much as possible and intensity of thoughts is often Mon element that determines whether more or less you can enjoy the benefits of yoga.

How to calm the turmoil of our thoughts during a yoga session? There are several techniques. Among them, there is the music.

Class yogaDans most yoga sessions where I teach, I use music. With music, my students have time to calm their minds, they give themselves permission to move slowly and the mind is less active. They peuvet then concentrate more easily on the present moment and the sensations of their body.

The mind can not rest in a few moments, we must give him time. During the sessions where I teach, I always moments of silence at the end of the session, where the mind is calmer. My students can then tame the silence quietly and focus on the sensations of their body rather than the past or the future.

For yoga, I decided to drop the rock n 'roll and hip hop. In general, I opt instead for soft instrumental music or songs in Sanskrit.

To the chants in Sanskrit, I have some favorite performers and one of them is Deva Premal. In the following link, you can listen to a video where she played the popular Gayatri Mantra.

It is often said that silence is golden. However, this does not just apply to our relationships with others. This adage also applies in our relationship with ourselves. By finding the silence itself, it is easier to find.

Here are my recommendations for your personal yoga sessions:

- Depending on your state of mind, start by having the silence around you and see how well your mind. Be honest with yourself and accept that your mind may be wandering.

- If you can easily focus on your body and your breathing, without thinking of something else, continue exercising without music.

- However, if you find that your mind does not stay in place and wants to be everywhere except in the moment, I invite you to put soft music or chants in Sanskrit.

- Towards the end of your workout, do one or two postures without music.

- During the final relaxation, living in silence with you.