In this first-ever Yogic Studies Podcast episode, we speak with Dr. Finnian Gerety (Brown University) about his background as a musician, his journey to Indology and Sanskrit studies at Harvard University, his fieldwork among Nambudiri Brahmins in the south-Indian state of Kerala, the S?ma Veda performative tradition, his short film "Mantras 2 the Max", the origins of sacred sound and the syllable O?, the practice of O? at the time of death, O? in the Yogas?tras of Pata?jali, and the practice...