As August was winding down, I was fortunate to be able to participate in a retreat led by two of The Bhakti Center’s regular speakers – His Holiness Dhanurdhara Swami and beloved New York yoga teacher Raghunath Cappo. I and about forty others fled the heat of New York City to spend a blissful three and a half days at the Pumpkin Hollow Retreat Center near Hudson, NY for the Bhakti Immersion Retreat. As the name implies, it was, indeed, a Bhakti immersion. Starting at 6 am with group mantra meditation, we spent our days in classes on sacred texts...