Donna DeLory “Remixes”

Are you ready for a fresh spin on familiar mantras and melodies? This is what Donna DeLory has delivered with Remixes. This release is filled with versions of her mantras by a variety of DJs who deliver new flavor to classic favorites. Mac Quayle, Rara Avis, Eastern Sun, Desert Dwellers, Atom Smith, Dave Dale, and [...]

By |2015-04-11T05:06:25-07:00December 22nd, 2011|Music|0 Comments

Mirabai Ceiba’s Awakened Earth: Kundalini Devotional Music

Awakened Earth Offers Stellar Kundalini Devotional Music When it comes to super easy listening from the world of kundalini devotional music, it doesn’t get much easier than Awakened Earth. Violins, flute, and harp give this newest release from Mirabai Ceiba a strong classical vibe, yet the album stays grounded in the present with a light [...]

By |2020-02-17T20:45:53-08:00November 10th, 2011|Music|0 Comments

Sitting Down With: David Newman/Durga Das

Stay Strong For the past seven years, David Newman (also known as Durga Das) has been traveling the world with his wife Mira and other band members (including beloved LA-based musician Philippo Franchini) sharing the art of kirtan (call-and-response devotional singing) live and with albums like Lotus Feet and his newest, titled To Be Home. [...]

By |2015-04-11T05:59:02-07:00February 22nd, 2011|Interviews|0 Comments

Learning Kirtan

The tradition of kirtan was brought to these shores by gurus, saints, devotees and musicians as the kirtan scene seems to explode exponentially, the call-and-response form of participatory chant continues its democratic ascendancy into Yoga studios, living rooms and thousand-plus seat theaters. Along this trajectory, audience members,Yoga teachers, professional musicians and novices are all learning [...]

By |2015-04-11T08:55:12-07:00June 27th, 2010|Music|0 Comments

Shangri-La

Shangri-La In the 1950's, a religious order rooted in ancient Indian philosophies established a center in the hills of Montecito. Have a century later, the Vedanta Society of Santa Barbara remains a serene retreat that embraces all faiths God was not especially welcome in our New Jersey home. On the contrary, my father offered the [...]

By |2015-04-11T09:18:46-07:00March 30th, 2010|Destination LA|0 Comments

Connecting Through Kirtan

A New Experience of Community Waves lapped against the gentle beach in the darkness as I listened deeply to the ocean, and the lingering exhalations of the other sixty people around me. The moon was rising over the water behind Snatam Kaur, GuruGanesha Singh and Manish Vyas, who watched us silently with light in their [...]

By |2015-04-11T12:00:15-07:00June 26th, 2009|Festivals & Retreats|0 Comments

Fall In Love With Kirtan

Encintas' First Annual Kirtan Festival It was only because of a new job in the San Diego area that my husband and I left Santa Barbara, the city where I discovered yoga and my spiritual practice. As we scouted this vast new region for a place to call home – with its countless [...]

By |2015-04-11T12:27:58-07:00December 27th, 2008|Music|0 Comments

Got Kirtan?

Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe will be playing, making peace and inspiring the crowd to groove and dance at Urban Yoga in Palm Springs on Saturday, October 11, 7:30 P.M. Urban Yoga Center, 458 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA. urbanyoga.org   Following Sound into Silence By Kailash Following Sound into Silence By Kailash (Kurt [...]

By |2015-04-11T12:40:41-07:00October 26th, 2008|Music|0 Comments

Postcards From Rishikesh

Namaste And Other Traditions With A Future Rishikesh, Northern India. The stories Paramahansa Yogananda tells about running around in these hills in his youth are filled with miracles of higher consciousness: levitating swamis, meditators who could subdue man-eating tigers through the power of the mind, saints who appear and disappear at will and mystics with [...]

By |2015-04-11T20:38:44-07:00July 26th, 2008|Travel|0 Comments
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