Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment

In this podcast Nina talks about her songwriting, her Maori 'way of being' and her collaborative experiences with people including making a CD in support of Karagahake Gorge to keep it free from mining. She covers themes such as the sacredness of the land in her songs, and describes her experience of the power of karakia. Nina shares a relevant song called 'Piece a Paper' at the end. 

In this podcast, Kamala gives us an update on what happening at the River School in Maleny, their Olympics Day for example as well as their long standing connection with the aboriginal peoples' music culture at the school. She is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the very successful Food Coop in Maleny. As a musicians she is making progress in marketing her music globally while still pond...

Thanks to the wonderful hotel workers here in QIF I shall emerge tomorrow from this time in quarantine with plenty to be thankful for as well as a few reservations. Some close strangers and some bird friends kept me company particularly one bird i named Jennifer Livingston Seagull. I end with a kiirtan that came to me here in QIF. 

The music to Chapter 1 of Ananda Sutram by Shrii Shrii Anandumurti was composed in NZ last time I was here and now I embark on Chapt 2, this most amazing book that changed my life...

Its been five days now in Quarantine and tonight I share some of the benefits and the challenges. Uniting against Covid is a common theme for people and for me the word 'unity' is very significant. I decide to challenge myself and see if its possible to create some open communication with others. I end with the song'The First Time' from the album Unity Hours II. 

In this podcast Didi shares her experience of how it happened that she wrote six new kiirtans one afternoon. Though it was amazing and beautiful, it wasn't really something of the blue, it was a life long process of discovery, love and inspiration. You listen to the draft recording here on Didis facebook page: https://web.facebook.com/didi.anandaarpana/posts/3951546094968357

I am in quarantine right now in Auckland hotel, having travelled from Ireland to NZ recently. I am noticing the utmost seriousness of NZ workers in their treatment of people coming into the country. My attitude is to follow the system until this period of isolation is over and I can be free again. In this podcast I share some recent experiences in Ireland that I am grateful for and some connection...

Tonight we discussed and shared some songs that empowered and inspired us as women and there was a huge diversity of songs: one in Hebrew, two in Maori, one in Latin, one in Bengali, and in English. It was brilliant. In this podcast I share some stories and songs that I have read about in P.R.Sarkar's books.  One about a great Tantric woman called Bhaeravii, one about mermaids and one about L...

Thank you to everyone who shared their warm wishes on my birthday a few days ago, it means the world to me. I end with a Birthday song by P.R.Sarkar, no 132, one I adore. Photo is by Jiivan.

We have been recording and its been going well, but theres always more to learn in every new situation, so I have discovered. I end with a kiirtan from an album I made with children from Vistara school a few years ago, the album is called Earth's Heart Calling and is available from Vistara school in Lismore, Australia. Click here for more info: https://www.vistara.nsw.edu.au/  

In this podcast I comment on what makes for a smooth recording experience! So the last four days have been intense, we have been recording tracks on twelve songs for the upcoming song album Unity Hours IV. With such great local musicians Jantien Vandenberg (wind and cello), Adam Rowat (Electric and double bass), Paul Mahony (drums and percussion) and Kavita Neumannova (khol drum and Percussion), w...

A Most Uplifting Time was had at the Ananda Marga Yoga/Meditation retreat at Ananda Putta Bhumi in Poland a few days ago. About 150 people gathered from all over Europe, to have spiritual satsaung and to do collective kiirtan and meditation together after two years. In the evening we had devotional and cultural presentations and in this podcast I interview Yashoda from Lithuania who sang Sutartinė...

In this podcast I share three unexpected but very poignant experiences touched me deeply: How a horse shared his feelings with me.. how I received a poem of Saskia's at the perfect time... and how my fields recordings of kiirtan team lifted my spirits...click here to see at 8min the Rupapaita kiirtan team at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsQBgcV5Js

Tonight's podcast is a bit of a catch up on what happened over the weekend with the Kiirtan Academy's second session with Balalkrishna, the Sisters Prout Conference and also whats going to be happening over the next few weeks and months. Theres some exciting new recordings and exciting new courses coming up on Musical Theory, Harmonium, Leadership and Rarhi Kiirtan at the Kiirtan Academy. I end wi...

If you love to listen to kiirtan while you are working or quietly when meditating to going through the night when sleeping, then you could listen to Avarta Kiirtan I II and II. With the help of Jayadiip these three albums have been collated and are now on You Tube. As I have said previously they are a fundraiser also so if you are able a donation would be appreciated as all profits go to three dif...

Balakrishna shares with us his experience of the supra aesthetic science of kiirtan. He talks about folk songs from his indigenous Bete language, and how the symbolism relates very much to his relationship with the Unknown Traveller.  He says that the blues come from slavery and how it expresses pain but that it is offered to the Highest Entity, and therefore there is also hope, and underlyin...

At the Kiirtan Academy on Friday night Balakrishna tells the story of how he overcame shyness against all odds. He plays kiirtan with incredible ideation that came about from his many miraculous experiences. I start the podcast with him singing kiirtan and end with Anandii singing kiirtan as Balakrishna jams with her. www.kiirtanacademy.com  

Lani lead the Dance of the Rainbow session in honour of Saskia on Sunday for the local community in Mount Shannon. As so many of us have disassociated ourselves from our bodies in this technological world, Lani speaks of how creativity can be expressed through ritual movement and particular music can bring you in touch with different parts of your body, and much more. The kiirtan at the end, calle...

It's wonderful to speak to Anandii again as she shares her experiences with being part of the organising committee for the upcoming ProutSisters Retreat July 17 - 18 online. With three speakers from the Navdanya ' C onserving diversity and reclaiming commons' and others, its likely to be a brilliant event. Anandii ends with a beautiful kiirtan she recently composed. Find out more: https://proutsis...

Nkhil Creates Art with the intention of Truth and Service -  and his paintings are being Exhibited at La Galleria, Pall Mall until the 14th of July.  In this podcast he speaks about integration, simplicity, truth, honesty, falling in love with art, dropping vibrational bombs and his very exciting journey as an artist. He ends with a wonderful kiirtan he wrote during LFT (Local Full time...

Aaron stayed at the farm recently and helped us record the third Avarta Kiirtan album, singing and playing oud and gembri (African bass instrument) on  it. He and Saskia sang the vocal harmonies. Then he embarked on a whole new phase in his life by going to work in Sicily as a volunteer in an inspiring social service project for teenagers.  He is so inspired that he decided to stay there...

Govinda's spiritual/social journey is fascinating - from being a vegetarian at an early age, an engineer, climber, diver, being at the forefront of various service projects, such as the purchase of the jagriti (yoga Centre), "Food For all" (Health food shop), and soup kitchens in London. He is also a practitioner of microvita meditation given personally by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. In this podcas...

The RAWA Global events (beginning in May 2020 to the present) bring a feeling of connection, of friendship, that we are not alone anywhere in the universe, says Dadao. This inspiration is so much needed these days. He started with encouraging his friends to just use their phones on this FB platform to perform and share all forms of art, dance, music and drama, etc, online in a very supportive envi...

Tonight I opened the book Light Comes' at some random page and it opened at page 158 and so I read the quote. It was perfect, so I shared it. At the end I sing one kiirtan from Unity Hours II, called 'The Letter kiirtan' available on all music media platforms. 

Jiivan is always a joy to chat with, he really has a way with words, the gift of the gab you could say. So tonight we break some stereotypes people might have about Irish summer, then about how the first open Mic Kiirtan Night went, the new album coming up, the Covid situation in Ireland and much more. I end with the Irish Travelling Kiirtan, available on all music media and the collection at &nbs...