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About the Music:
Kirtan:
In the devotional tradition of Kirtan,
from 15th century India, creating joy through musical expressions and
tributes to the divine, all my presentations are accompanied. Students
have a chance not only to hear the live sounds, but often to
participate, find their own voice, and test the mantras vibrating in
their own cells.
My contract with life is that I sing, but it's when I'm joined by
one or more voices, that I truly feel I am answering my calling.
Therefore, I integrate the music into yoga class shrivaasan and
relaxation, and have a standing invitation for students to join me in
the joy of sound making and create kirtan concerts where it is
everyone's joy to sing.
One of my teachers in India was a song-writer, and inspired me to
explore my own musical creativity. Classes in mantras and the Sanskrit
language provided me with the tools I needed to write my own music to
the ancient sounds. With no musical training to speak of, music comes
out of silence. I merely sit to listen, became available to Space, and
I hear music.
And there is a lock-and-key effect when the music humbles itself to
the matras (rhythm) in the mantras and makes way for the power that
lies therein. Mantras are alive, as they carry the intentions and the
energy generated by each sincere repetition over thousands and millions
over the centuries. | Link to Winnipeg Free Presss article, Enchanting Mantra
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