2008 SVAHA TOUR!
Tue, Oct 7 - NAMASTE YOGA & HEALING CENTER, Asheville NC
Wed, Oct 8 - SPECIAL EVENT WITH INTEGRAL YOGIS, Richmond VA
Thu, Oct 9 - YOGAVILLE SATCHIDANANDA ASHRAM, Buckingham VA
Fri, Oct 10 - INTEGRAL YOGA CENTER, New Berlin PA
Sat, Oct 11 - INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE, New York NY
Sun, Oct 12 - HEALING ARTS CENTER, Danvers MA
Mon, Oct 13 - SONI YOGA, Cambridge MA
Wed, Oct 15 - GROHWELL HEALING CENTER, Merrick (Long Island) NY
Thu, Oct 16 - NATURAL PATH WELLNESS CENTER, Sewell NJ (near Philadelphia)
Fri, Oct 17 - INTEGRAL YOGA INSTITUTE, Princeton NJ
Sat, Oct 18 - TEN THOUSAND JOYS, Frederick MD
WELCOME TO KIRTAN
Kirtan is an ancient form of chanting with a Kirtan leader to guide you through a variety of mantra, creating a truly unique spiritual, musical and cultural experience. Traditionally, Kirtan is a practice of Bhakti Yoga (devotion and worship) and includes many Sanskrit invocations to the various aspects of the divine, making them available to us as a way to realize our own divinity, regardless of our chosen spiritual path.
DHARMASHAKTI is an award-winning performer who leads a unique Kirtan based on ancient philosophical texts, traditional Bhakti Yoga chants, and hymns from many traditions. His diverse musical background brings new sounds to Kirtan including jazz, experimental sounds, improvisation and pop music styles. His Kirtan goes beyond devotion to become a lesson in Yoga, integrating philosophy, spirituality and art into an engaging an joyful community event.
Dharmashakti is based in New Mexico and New York.
JAZZ KIRTAN?
Jazz is based on a spiritual (and often worshipful) blues foundation so it is natural for an American artist, such as Dharmashakti, to invite these elements into the experience. It has been called both "exciting" and "inventive" and challenges the listener, with Dharmashakti's gentle guidance, to listen in completely new ways.
LISTEN TO DHARMASHAKTI ON MYSPACE BY CLICKING HERE!
RESPONSE
"Wow, I feel so wonderful, so completely fine right now."
"I loved the improvisation; you really made it accessible."
"I never liked improvisational music before but this was different. So cool!"
"It's like I could picture the entire story in my mind"
"That was such a good time. Thank you!"
"Svaha is my favorite! And when you sang the prayer requests,
I got really emotional, in a good way, a really good way."
"It was really wonderful."
"Your musicians are so great; this was incredibly high quality stuff"
"I feel like I got a concert and a philosophy lesson"
"I'll be singing the "Locks & Keys" song all the time now."
"Thank you so much!"
"Dharmashakti brings devotion, talent and intelligence to his chant.
The effect is intermittently funky, jazy, experimental and soft.
Truly a unique Kirtan experience!"
Achala Matthew Gordino, Integral Yoga Institute of New York
"Yoga is a way for the soul
to be in conversation
with everything else."
Dharmashakti
