Concert of Devotional Music in Bath with Ravi & Sudha
Friday 18 May 2012, 7.30pm
Arcania, Orange Grove, Bath BA1 1LP
£10 / £8
Mantra, Chants and Magical Songs from Sudha (voice) and Ravi (kora, guitar and voice)
“Ravi and Sudha are inspirational musicians, don’t miss this special evening” Deva Premal & Miten
The video speaks for itself, but if you need words…
Ravi JI is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. As well as 20 recordings including work with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Baaba Maal, Krishna Das & Deva Premal, he has also created projects which brought Amazon Indians on a tour of Europe.
Ravi has developed a unique way of playing the kora (West African harp) over twenty years and was one of the first Western kora players to take this highly sophisticated instrument into new musical areas.
He is also an accomplished overtone singer and performances include chants and mantras from around the world and his own songs of prayerful reflection. www.koratone.com
Sudha is originally from Denmark, starting out as a dancer from the age of 9. As an adult, Sudha explored different ways of meditation and ways to connect to the divine Source, especially the Indian mystic Osho.
Based in the UK since 2007. Sudha has been playing concerts with good friend and beautiful singer/song writer Tarisha, mixing songs and chants from their separate albums to form a sweet journey of singing and silence.
Sudha also joined a project with flute player Tim Wheater and producer Andy Blissett, together they form Hummingbird and will soon have the album This Sacred Love ready for release.
Currently Sudha performs as a duo with multi instrumentalist Ravi, offering Sacred Chants and Songs of the Heart.
Arcania
6-7 Orange Grove
Bath BA1 1LP
tel 01225 335233
Santosa camp is back!
Sunday 3 – Sunday 10 June 2012
nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset
early bird price for the first 75 tickets!
Santosa (pronounced Santosha) means the happy acceptance of what is, as it is.
The experience of Santosa is at the heart of a living practice of yoga. It’s the bottom line for bringing yoga to life. With Santosa, everything in life is yoga. Without Santosa, even yoga practice isn’t really yoga! When we experience Santosa we are living yoga (read all abut it in the Yoga Sutras!).
This is a gathering for everyone who loves yoga and/or bhakti, and wants to camp and practice in a beautiful meadow overlooking Glastonbury Tor.
If your heart sings at the thought of spending a week in the beauty of nature, with the company of pure hearted loving souls who enjoy to practice yoga, chanting, meditation and bhakti yoga, then you are most welcome to join us.
We shall be working co-operatively to create an ashram experience that holds and nurtures everyone with the living spirit of karma yoga (the yoga of self-less service) and nourishes everyone by all eating delicious meals together. We have a gorgeous ashram kitchen and a super-comfy covered seating area. Our site is the beautiful healing field up high overlooking Glastonbury Tor, a couple of miles from Shepton Mallet.
Santosa is a clear pure space, alcohol and drug-free, a family-friendly home for yogis of all ages.
This is for you if you like the sound of :
- a week camping in nature with view of Glastonbury Tor
- yoga classes all day
- bhakti and kirtan at all hours
- no need to cook, just pack your plate and cutlery and we’ll eat together ashram style
- children’s workshops in arts, crafts and yoga
- hot showers under the trees
- sauna with starlit showers
- Santosa bazaar – bring your items to sell
- Habiba and her fabulous drop-in knitting classes and wool stall
All ticket prices include all food, yoga, bhakti yoga and children’s activities
FULL WEEK
Early bird for the first 75 tickets ~ £195
Full price ~ £215
Children under 3 ~ free
Children aged 4 – 10 ~ £35
Children aged 10 – 16 ~ £50
Over 16 ~ adult price
PART WEEK TICKETS
If you can’t come for the whole week, you come for half a week instead:
choose between Sunday 3rd to Wednesday 6th June, or
Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th June
£130 adults, £25 children free / £17.50 / £25 depending on age (as above)
N.B Advance booking only with payment by BACS (or Paypal at a supplement). There will be no tickets available on the gate. Pure Santosa Yoga and Bhakti Camp is a pre-booked event.
More info & booking for SANTOSA on the Yoga Seva website here >>
Good Friday kirtan with Bharati & Dinesh
Friday 6th April 2012
5.30pm – 7pm (doors open 5.15pm)
at Catherine & Swithin’s House in Painswick
£5/£3 on the door
NB not at Frankie’s Yoga Studio (Stroud) this month
Do come and join us for the Good Friday April Kirtan with Bharati & Dinesh, which will be taking place at Catherine & Swithin’s House in Painswick (please call them for directions 01452 813 274).
Catherine & Swithin, for those who don’t know them, will be just back from Catherine’s American Book Tour for her recently published book: In Case of Spiritual Emergency. We are sure there will be many a tale to share afterwards!
“Through that one-pointedness of chanting, one can merge in the Divine Being and experience the bliss of one’s true self. By letting the mind expand in the sound of Divine chanting, each one of us can enjoy the peace born of one’s inherent divinity” – Amma
We look forward to seeing you there.
With love
Bharati & Dinesh
Healing Song of the Heart
Sound Healing day with Sudha & Tarisha
Saturday 14 April 2012
11am – 5pm
Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol
A day programme, running from 11am till 5pm, includes a meditation to relax and open the body, giving participants time to arrive in the space. Keeping the tranquil vibe, Sudha and Tarisha sing their beautiful songs and chants to bathe everyone in light and deepen the silence. We gather in a Sound Healing Circle, first opening up our voices and hearts with gentle exercises, then singing, gently allowing the vibration of sound to move around our body. We end with a song circle where we sing together letting our hearts resonate with each other. A lunch break is also included where we will have time to share food and chat.
No previous experience with singing is needed. It is simply about allowing what ever – sound or no sound – to arise from the heart and to feel the healing that it brings. Sudha and Tarisha have known each other for more than a decade and have played for meditation gatherings and festivals many times over the years. Their close friendship is reflected in their work together and always makes the atmosphere light and relaxed.
“Being in Tarisha and Sudha’s sound circle feels like a warm embrace for the soul. A boundaryless healing space where letting go is easy. The relaxation in my body and heart still resonated for a long time after the session. Both giving and receiving sound brought a very deep silence inside”. Afke, Brighton
Tarisha is a singer songwriter living in the Osho Leela community in Dorset. Her music is inspired by nature, meditation, silence and the heart.She has recorded 2 CD’s of her songs and chants, All Your Faces and Carry me Home. The first has shamanic and playful qualities, the other is heartful and gentle.Tarisha has taught singing and songwriting for many years inspiring totality and creative expression. With Sudha, she is focusing more on the healing power of sound and song, bringing light into the heart.
For more details about Tarisha and to listen to her music visit www.tarisha.co.uk
Sudha, originally from Denmark, is now based in Somerset. She has been travelling all over the world to share music and meditation at festivals and meditation conferences. In 2006 she was initiated to give “Deeksha” – a transmission of healing energy. It is this same source of energy she taps into when singing. In 2004 she released her debut album Planet Love, an album of chants from around the planet – and in 2007 Sharanam, an album of deeply meditative and devotional Sanskrit mantras. Apart from performing she has guested a long list of recordings varying in styles from smooth jazz to world fusion and pop.
For more details about Sudha visit www.sudhasong.com
Cost: £40
for more info and booking info@sudhasong.com or tarishalove@hotmail.co.uk
or call 07915 657569
Latest dates for Harmonium & Devotional Guitar Workshops in Stroud
Harmonium
Beginner’s Harmonium – Saturday 10th March 0r 28th April. No experience required. Harmoniums available for the session.
Stage 2 – Saturday 31st March
Improvers – Saturday 14th April
Devotional Guitar
Saturday 12th May
All workshops are 2- 5pm and cost £35. Includes music & CD
Click Here for more details on Dinesh’s website www.michaeldinesh.uk
Call Dinesh on 01453 885707
Ravi Ji
is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. As well as 20 recordings including work with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Baaba Maal, Krishna Das & Deva Premal, he has also created projects which brought Amazon Indians on a tour of Europe.
Ravi is an accomplished overtone singer and performances include chants and mantras from around the world and his own songs of prayerful reflection.
Ravi’s website www.koratone.com
An Evening of Devotional Singing with Ravi
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 7.30pm
Arcania (upstairs), 6-7 Orange Grove, Bath BA1 1LP
£8
Mantras and inspirational songs with Ravi
Kora, guitar, flute, singing bowls and overtone singing
Bookings & enquiries to Ravi 07711 265011
ravikora5@gmail.com
See below for details of Ravi’s Voice Workshop on 28 February in Bath.
Healing through Sound
an evening workshop with Ravi
Tuesday 28 February 2012, 7.30pm
Arcania (upstairs), 6-7 Orange Grove, Bath BA1 1LP
£8
Exploring sound through the voice , including:
- chakra toning (voicing tones that activate the body’s chakra’s)
- exploration of overtone singing
- mantras, songs & chants from around the world
- exercises to open the voice
Enquiries Arcania 01225 335233
Be a Sonic Activist on 14 February – World Sound Healing Day
Join thousands throughout the planet for the 10th Annual WORLD SOUND HEALING DAY on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
At 12 noon (local time in your time zone), sound forth for 5 minutes with the “AH”, created and projected with the energy of compassion and love, sending a sonic valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth.
At that time, please go to templeofsacredsound.org to enhance the vibratory effect as we sound together for Global Harmonization—planetary peace and healing.
Please visit this link http://www.healingsounds.com/sounds for more information.
If you cannot tone at 12 noon, sounding any time during February 14, 2012 will help create positive shift and change for our planet on World Sound Healing Day.
The purpose of World Sound Healing Day is:
- To positively affect the Earth through the use of sound
- To bring awareness of the power of intentional sound
- To create a conscious community using sound for planetary healing
A Reiki-based Retreat in Glastonbury
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 September 2012
Join us a Reiki based retreat in the beautiful surroundings of the Chalice Well in Glastonbury.
A special time to immerse yourself in healing, stretching, meditation and chanting. Enjoy a walk to Glastonbury Tor and share healing around the Chalice Well. It is hoped that those who wish to join us will bring something to the weekend’s activities.
£220 with accommodation in shared rooms. £50 non-refundable deposit payable on booking
Early bird price £195 for bookings by 31 January
Contact Jules on 07773 082 163 or email julesg@inorbit.com
or Anne 07905 748359
This information is shared on behalf of Jules George.
Devotional Music Workshops & Lessons with Dinesh
Dinesh from the beautiful kirtan couple Bharati & Dinesh is now offering lessons and workshops to those wanting to learn to play devotional music:
- harmonium
- guitar
- singing
Call Dinesh on 01453 885707
Beginners Harmonium Workshop
Sat 28th January, 2-5pm, Stroud
Complete beginners welcome. Borrow a harmonium if you don’t have one. Come and have a taste.
Devotional Guitar Workshop
Sat 11th February, 2-5pm, Stroud
Come and learn some , chants and songs from other spiritual traditions. Improve your guitar playing and singing in the process. Some experience with guitar required ( i.e. ability to hold down a few basic chords).
Singing lessons
I am also giving singing lessons for people who love chanting and singing but who think they can’t sing or can’t sing very well. I provide an encouraging, confidence building space for us to explore together the magic of the human voice.
Unicorn Camps for August 2012
& the Midwinter Gathering 4 Feb 2012
Natural Voice, Healing, and
Peace through the Arts
www.unicorncamps.com
The 2012 Unicorn Natural Voice Camp
4th-12th August 2012
We have a spectacular line-up of headliners this year leading the ongoing sessions: We have been asking the fabulous Una May Olomalaye to fit us into her busy schedule for the last three years and at last she is coming!
We are also very happy to announce the long awaited return of probably Natural Voice’s most popular songwriter Ali Burns all the way from darkest Edinburgh! Talking of long awaited returns, Raaja Fischer wowed us last year after a decade away, and returns again this year!
It’s true that Dee Jarlett & Ali Orbaum haven’t missed a Natural Voice Camp this century, but they haven’t hosted an ongoing session for the last three years, so this too counts as a welcome return! Also on the welcome return list is Rowena Whitehead – the People’s Revolution starts here!
The B Naturals have become a familiar constellation in the Unicorn firmament, this year for the first time they are hosting an ongoing session of workshops together, and for those weary of learning songs, Chrys Blanchard will be running a full course of Vocal Sound Healing, and Kate O’Connell and Annabelle Macfadyen will be facilitating improvisational voyages of discovery.
If your favourite voice teacher wasn’t on that list, the chances are that they will be there offering a Drop-in session!
The 2012 Unicorn Healing Camp
13th-17th August 2012
This season sees the birth of a new camp initiative with the first Unicorn Healing Camp. Our intention is to keep it small to start with, although as the rumour of its inception spreads, we are finding a lot of interest is being generated. Many thanks for the offers from would-be teachers, and perhaps next year we will be able to expand our programme; for now however we have the team we need.
This team features Barbara Morgan and Family Constellations, James Burgess with a distinctly Sufi spin on his 7 Words System, John Bowker leading sacred chants and more, Nesta offering Tea Cermony and Yoga, Richard with 7 Words Theatre, something wonderful yet as yet unspecified from Jo Hanstead, Martin‘s harp healing, and Jo Pitcairn‘s Movement workshops.
All comers will have the possibility of one to one counselling of some kind, and we hope that we can build a very intimate, safe atmosphere through which to generate the power to transform and heal, as well as pass some techniques to those who want to learn method.
Please book early for this one.
The 2012 Unicorn Peace Through the Arts Camp
18th-26th August 2012
It is part of Unicorn Camps practice to find something new each year so that the whole process has a chance to evolve naturally in response to feedback and opportunity. So over the last few years we have introduced Open Space, at first experimentally and then later adjusting and refining until we can feel confident that we have it just right. Also the Development Groups have gone through a similar process – and this year a noticeable difference will be to do with Family Constellations, whose popularity has grown to the point where we have set up the new Healing Camp around them – and reduced their time on PTA.
Muiz, ever popular, has agreed to return to continue to deepen his study of Sufism with us… and James will lead the Thursday night Zikr this year. Ruth scored another major hit with the Café and will be hosting Nickomo’s Beatlemania follow-up with a tribute to Simon & Garfunkel. Even more good news is that Rasullah’s back – we missed her! She’ll help out with Harmonic Temple and Dance of Life. All the rest is as you would hope for – Circle Dance, Yoga, Jilani’s focus on teens leading dances, and of course, an absolute superabundance of wonderful Dances of Universal Peace!
Unicorn Mid-Winter Gathering
Saturday February 4th 2012
10.00am till late, overnight if you wish
Cleeve House, Seend, Wiltshire, SN12 6PG
- Morning Harmonic Temple
- Afternoon Dances of Universal Peace
- Evening Kirtan
- Late evening Taizé
- Also 7 Words, Yoga, Circle Dance
- Your hosts include Nickomo James Nesta Richard Jo & live band
After a resoundingly successful event last year, we present another wonderful day of music, dance and much more! Unicorn icons and others will be there to lead events from morning till night. This year’s programme is designed so that anyone needing to leave early can still enjoy the core Unicorn staples of DUP and HT. For those staying overnight there will be an opportunity of a shared walk on Sunday morning. All events are optional. Cleeve house is a lovely old mansion with a nice warm fire in the main hall to relax by.
Dances of Universal Peace (DUP) and Harmonic Temple include simple chants from many spiritual paths. Kirtan is Indian devotional singing, Taizé is Christian in origin. All reflect the nature of Unicorn events, honouring the unity of all traditions and creating a beautiful and powerful experience by joining our hearts and voices.
New to Unicorn camps? Please come along!
Visit www.unicorncamps.com for Unicorn camps and news.
Bring vegetarian food to share for two meals
Whole day: Pay in full by 1st February £30
At the door: £35 Evening only: £10
Overnight spaces are limited and can be secured with full pre-payment. Prices from £15. Please ask for details, and even if you aren’t staying over, advanced day rate bookings help us with the organization.
Contact: Jo Hanstead on 07773 906273 info@johanstead.co.uk