by Sangeeta Kaur

Devotional singer, Sangeeta Kaur (Teresa Mai) is now touring for her latest album Yoga is Love. Classically trained in opera at California State University Long Beach and the Boston Conservatory of Music, this angelic vocalist devotes her gift to sacred music.

Sangeeta sings in both English and Gurmukhi, making this album accessible to everyone. Her training comes through: her high notes are crystal clear, and her low tones are strong and grounding. Each song builds in energy and flow, inviting in the listener and promoting the expansion of their heart. Sangeeta’s mission to bring sacred sound and mantra into people’s lives comes through. She collaborates with composer and producer Ferenz Kallos, who was instrumental in beginning her journey of devotional music.

This body of work provides excellent selections for any movement or yoga class, or to accompany folding the laundry or mopping the floor. I frequently listened while driving around LA, and it reminded me to incorporate more yoga and love into the way I drive around the city. Imagine if everyone were in their cars rocking out to beautiful, pure mantras like Sangeeta’s? People would actually let you in as you merge onto the 405.

She will be holding a concert at RA MA Kundalini Institute in Venice, CA on July 14th at 7pm, the same studio where Sangeeta also teaches Kundalini classes.

Reviewed by Kaitlin Huwe, a creative spirit of many media. She is a grateful team member at The Hub: Urban Sanctuary for Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork, where she practices, leads classes, and sings during Soundbaths. Thehub-la.com. 

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The homegrown family-owned clinic and studio is located in a bustling shopping center at Rosecrans Avenue and Beach Boulevard This cozy urban oasis features treatment rooms adorned with traditional Indian decor. The Yoga room comfortably fits up to eight students for an intimate and individualized practice; the space holds an additional three treatment rooms for acupuncture and Ayurvedic treatments.

Yoga teacher Judith Miller states, “As instructors, we will build our classes around Ayurvedic concepts. Our goal is to design a Yoga practice for health conditions that are concurrently being treated at our clinic.”

Owner and manager Manjusha Vinjamury is both a licensed acupuncturist and an Ayurvedic Practitioner. She states, “Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine advocate a comprehensive approach to manage a client’s condition. Treatments include Chinese herbs, diet and lifestyle advice, detoxification programs, acupuncture, and Ayurvedic oil and herbal steam therapies.”

According to Vinjamury, many of her clients choose to travel from hours away to receive these traditional and holistic treatments at her studio. I’m not surprised, as I received a traditional Ayurvedic oil massage and herbal steam–afterward, I felt as though I stepped into an entirely new body. The holistic approach to the treatment erased the accumulated stress in my body, leaving me with wholesome feeling, my entire mind, body, and soul nourished and cleansed.

Acuveda

14758 Beach Blvd.

La Mirada, CA 90638

(562) 646-7476

Acuveda.org

By Kaitlin Huwe, a creative spirit of many media. She is a grateful team member at The Hub: Urban Sanctuary for Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork, where she practices, leads classes, and sings during Soundbaths: thehub-la.com

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Kaitlin Huwe is a creative artist who is accomplished in a variety of media.

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Guru Jagat, vision holder, owner, and senior Kundalini teacher says, “Every aspect of this space has been created with technology to operate at the highest possible frequency.” She infused the space with mantric vibration, mantras written on the white doorways, walls, and ceilings, and amethyst dust sprinkled beneath the floorboards. She also incorporated Tantric numerology into the architecture of the space creating a ‘vortex’ of energy inside the yoga room.  The studio features a 60” gong in the center of two amethyst towers and a booming sound system to amp up the vibrational level of the space.

Offering daily Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes, the Ra Ma Institute also features family classes, separate meditation classes for women and men, Club Ra Ma for dancing on the weekends, live music on Saturday mornings, and Guru Jagat’s offering of decaffeinated chai in the lounge.

Ra Ma Institute for Applied Yoga Science and Technology

304 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA

(310) 664-3700

Ramayogainstitute.com

By Kaitlin Huwe an actor, singer/songwriter, yoga instructor, and writer as well as a team member at the Hub: Urban Sanctuary for Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation in West LA: thehub-la.com.

Kaitlin Huwe

Kaitlin Huwe is a creative artist who is accomplished in a variety of media.

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Each Class is a Journey

Sattva Yoga LA opened its doors in Brentwood in March, making it the first Sattva Yoga studio in the U.S.—a home for beginner and experienced yogis to experience an authentic, inclusive, non-competitive, and energetic yoga practice.

Brittny McCarthy and Kendra Horn (co-owners, managers, and Sattva Yoga teachers) serendipitously met on a trip to India to study with Sattva Yoga founder Anand Mehrotra. Their hope is to create a community in Los Angeles where people can find a sense of purpose. McCarthy says, “The practice helps us transform on an individual level—which creates transformation on the collective level.”  Each Sattva Yoga class offers a complete practice including asana, pranayama, kriya, meditation, free movement, and wisdom.

In addition to weekly classes, Sattva Yoga LA will offer workshops, dance classes, and evenings of music and kirtan.  Horn says, “Music inspires, motivates, and contributes to the shift people experience when they do yoga.” The duo are inspired and honored to offer a place for creative expression and a spiritual practice.

The community will hold a Grand Opening Celebration on Sunday, May 5 (open to all). They are thrilled to welcome their teacher, Anand Mehrotra, to the studio this July for a workshop series on meditation, wisdom, and Tantra Yoga.

Sattva Yoga

12227 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90025

424-272-7230

sattvayogala.com

By Kaitlin Huwe, a creative artist in many different forms including actor, singer/songwriter, yoga instructor, and writer.  She is a grateful team member at the Hub: Urban Sanctuary for Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation in West LA.  She will graduate from the UCLA School of Theater with a BA in Acting this June.

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Kaitlin Huwe is a creative artist who is accomplished in a variety of media.

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