You’ll certainly have been told to read this as part of any yoga teacher training, or perhaps you’ve just heard a teacher quote from it during a yoga class. Today, let me give you a little breakdown of this 700-verse Hindu scripture; part of the Indian epic, the Mahabharata. The focus is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna, who serves as his charioteer and spiritual guide.

Arjuna faces a moral and philosophical crisis battlefield; he’s a skilled warrior ready to fight a great war, but he's suddenly paralysed by doubt and moral conflict, incurred by having to make a difficult choice