Lunar Goddess Sonic Meditation Experiential Workshop

sacred sanskrit sounds

of the sixteen

lunar goddesses

Wednesday, April 8th; 7pm
suggested offering: $11-$22
383 Ravenhill Avenue

Tanya Nash, n.d.; BScH(PT)

613-627-5475
kirtanottawa@gmail.com

Kirtan with Jeremy Sills

Singing from the heart, open to your Divine Nature with Sacred Chant

Sunday, March 29th; 5:00pm

383 Ravenhill Avenue in Westboro

Please RSVP: jeremy@sacredsound.ca

Suggested Donation $11.00

Dances of Universal Peace

A dance and song circle for cultivating Habib ~ infinite love & gratitude for the beloved

Saturday March 28th, 2009 7:00-9:30 PM

Location: Champlain Field House 149 Cowley Ave.
( corner of Cowley Ave. and Clearview Ave, four- blocks east of Island Park Drive, N of Scott St)
Fee: Suggested Donation $10.00
Contact: Call 613-594-9248 or email info@marleneandbob.com for more information

Dances of Universal Peace are simple, meditative, joyous, multi-cultural circle dances that use sacred phrases, chants, singing, and movements from the many sacred traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. They promote peace and integration within individuals and groups world wide. The dances are meant to be a form of moving meditation, with a focus on attunement to the divine reality and respect for all of the various manifestations of this reality. There are no performers nor audience - new arrivals and old hands form the circle together. You need no experience in meditation, singing or dancing, only the desire to experience with an open heart.

Mata Mandir Singh Live in Concert

Saturday, March 28th from 8-10pm

Join us for an enlightening evening of Naad Yoga at the Adi Shakti Yoga Centre with special guest, Mata Mandir Singh - joining us from New Mexico.

Mata Mandir specializes in yoga of sound, naad yoga, and has produced more then 25 CD's and tapes with mantras where he plays guitar and sings along with a host of fantastic musicians. More information can be found by visiting his website at www.yogaofsound.com

Tickets are $20+gst in advance and $25 at the door

Tickets available through Rama Lotus Yoga Centre and Adi Shakti Yoga Centre

Space is limited for this intimate evening - only 90 seats are available!

Yoga of Sound with Mata Mandir Singh

Naad Yoga: Sound and Mantra Workshop with Mata Mandir Singh

Saturday, March 28th from 11am-6pm

Rama Lotus Yoga Centre

Join us for an enlightening afternoon as we explore the many facets of Naad Yoga with special guest, Mata Mandir Singh - joining us from New Mexico.

This workshop - in conjunction with the Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training will cover topics such as:

• Laya and Naad Yoga
• The nature of sound and the power of the word to heal, transform and uplift
• The science of Naad yoga - why chanting works
• Varieties of Mantra and sound
• Making mantra effective
• and much more!

Mata Mandir specializes in yoga of sound, naad yoga, and has produced more then 25 CD's and tapes with mantras where he plays guitar and sings along with a host of fantastic musicians. More information can be found by visiting his website at www.yogaofsound.com

As this opportunity to expand is being offered to the public during the Kundalini Teacher Training, there are a limited amount of spaces available. Please register early to ensure your space. There will be a short lunch break, you may wish to bring a vegetarian snack or lunch with you.

Cost: $85+gst before March 14th, and $95+gst thereafter

Save! Register for both this Saturday Workshop and Concert at Adi Shakti Yoga Centre and pay only $99 (regular $115)

Past Event - Spring Equinox Crystal Singing Bowl Concert with Jeremy Sills

A sacred sound concert for cultivating

infinite love & gratitude

Friday March 20th, 2009 7:30 PM (doors open @ 7pm)

Location: Westboro Masonic Lodge 430 Churchill Ave. Ottawa, ON (corner of churchill ave and byron ave.)
Parking: Lot on North Side of building and on Churchill Ave. or Ravenhill Ave.

Advance Tickets: Serendipity Books & Gifts 1337B Wellington St W 613-722-3400
Tickets: $20 in advance, $22 at the door

Please Consider bringing your favourite Yoga Mat or Meditation
Cushion and blanket should you prefer to be seated/reclined upon the floor.

Past Event - Spring Equinox Celebration at PranaShanti Yoga Centre - March 20th, 7PM

Join Alison (Devinder Kaur) Friday, March 20, 2009 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM to celebrate the Spring Equinox.

The Spring Equinox is a reflection of the dance between dark and light in our own lives while the Earth renews her energy. We welcome this time to listen as our hearts open to our wisdom and true self.

Experience the vibrational healing of 4 Symphonic Gongs and 2 beautiful Crystal Singing Bowls.

We will begin with a mindfulness meditation holding a group intention for healing and peace. Then, either resting on a yoga mat or sitting comfortably the Gong and Singing Bowl playing will begin. At first you hear soft gong sounds and as you listen carefully, you become aware of the many tones within one sound. As the sounds change they wash over and around you creating waves of sound. Many people experience something noticeable during a meditative Gong session. Whatever your experience, it will be the perfect experience unique to you!

Join us for this celebration, meditation, and consciousness journey of sound and vibration. After, enjoy a delicious cup of tea and special springtime treat.

What to Bring: Yoga mat, cushion, shawl or blanket to cover up and show up early!

Cost: $14 per person. Prepayment/registration required.

Location: PranaShanti Yoga Centre, 52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON, 613.761.9642 (YOGA), info@pranashanti.com, www.pranashanti.com

Past - Event The Practice of Musical Medicine - Exploring Voice and Rhythm with Daniel Mauro

Saturday, March 21, 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Hintonberg Community Centre, 1064 Wellington St.

Fee: $20

This dynamic workshop integrates some of the exciting theoretical findings from Part I ("The Science of Musical Medicine") within a practical experiential context.

Workshop Topics:

1. Brainwave Entrainment Through Sound

A survey of specialized music applications designed to promote and support relaxation, meditation, and cognitive performance enhancement.

2. The Healing Voice

* Access the power of mantras (sonic formulas) for health, abundance, well-being, and spiritual growth.
* Discover vocal toning systems for balancing energy

* Experience AUM in the body

3. Using Rhythm to Synchronize the Nervous System

A fun and engaging exploration of simple, metrical poly-rhythms that integrate voice, hands, and feet.

Scientists, mystics, healers, and musical visionaries have predicted that the therapeutic application of sound and music will become the predominant healing modality of the 21st century. Please see March edition of TONE (p.19) for workshop details or musical medicine article.

Past Event - Musical Meditation with Dan Mauro

Sunday, March 22, 7:15 - 8:45 pm
Adishesha Yoga Center, 99 Fourth Avenue, Ottawa
by Donation

You are welcome to join us for an inspirational meditation experience this Sunday at 7:15 pm (Note: please do NOT arrive at the center earlier than 7:05 pm as yoga class continues until 7 pm).

Meditation Format: During these musical peace meditations, we sing chants from a variety of spiritual traditions, followed by several minutes of vocal toning and 20 minutes of quiet contemplation.

The Power of Synchronized Meditation:
According to the Heart-Math Institute, the act of generating positive feelings like love and gratitude immediately enhances physiological coherence within the heart, nervous system and heart-brain interface. Participating in music making is a wonderful and highly effective way of reducing stress, improving health and promoting inner harmony.

Past Event -“Crystal Singing Bowl Introductory Crown Chakra Meditation” with Jeremy Sills BA

Monday March 23rd - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Introductory Session ~ pre-registration required $20.00 – seating limited to 13 ~ Call 613-722-3400 to register

Work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls.

Facilitated by Jeremy Sills, you will have the opportunity to engage your source energy flow through practical and intuitive meditation. Work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls. Your spirit will guide you back to a place of harmony and gratitude. Whether it is to a place of appreciation and joy, or to a place of grateful understanding for the pain that has been with you, teaching you to be present with what is as you learn to accept yourself for who you are, wherever you think you may be on this journey
www.sacredsound.ca

Hang the Crystal VI with Jeremy Sills and Bernadette Kaye

Sunday April 5th, 2009 7:30 PM
(doors open @ 7pm)

Location: Westboro Masonic Lodge 430 Churchill Ave. Ottawa, ON
(corner of churchill ave and byron ave.)
Parking: Lot on North Side of building and on Churchill Ave. or Ravenhill Ave.

Advance Tickets: Serendipity Books & Gifts 1337B Wellington St W 613-722-3400
Tickets: $50 in advance, $50 at the door

Please Consider bringing your favourite Yoga Mat or Meditation
Cushion and blanket should you prefer to be seated/reclined upon the floor.

“The 8th Chakra ~ Crystal Singing Bowl Meditation” with Jeremy Sills BA

Monday April 6th 2009 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Pre-registration required $20.00 – seating limited to 13 ~ Call 613-722-3400 to register

A special session exploring the 8th Chakra. Facilitated by Jeremy Sills, you will have the opportunity to engage your source energy flow through practical and intuitive meditation. Are youe ready and willing to explore your innate nature and connection to source energy? Each of the Chakras are worlds unto themselves; and when connected they have the capacity to co-create wholistically with the entire system that is our consciousness.

You will have the opportunity to work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls. Your spirit will guide you back to a place of harmony and gratitude. Whether it is to a place of appreciation and joy, or to a place of grateful understanding for the pain that has been with you, teaching you to be present with what is as you learn to accept yourself for who you are, wherever you think you may be on this journey
www.sacredsound.ca

The Yoga and Pilates Conference and Show - Krishna Das, David Newman, Devinder Kaur, Yogi Vishvketu and More!!!

April 2-5, 2009
Toronto

Much sound is being shared at the Yoga & Pilates Conference and Show, with Kirtan Masters Krishna Das and David Newman, as well as Ottawa's own Yoga Teachers Devinder Kaur and Yogi Vishvaketu! Here's a sampling of the Goodness:


Krishna Das
An Evening of Inspirational Music.
Join us for an inspired evening with Krishna Das. Krishna Das is master of infusing the Indian tradition with modern influences. While staying true to the path of Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of Devotion), his music is energized with modern grooves and harmonies to create soulful chanting that is eminently accessible to western hearts. For more information about Krishna Das krishnadas.com

Journey Dance
JourneyDance™ is a playful and intuitive method of using movement to discover and celebrate our inner strengths. We are all dancers, emotion in motion. We cleanse our bodies and minds with sweat and breath, laughter and prayer. We discover the anatomy of the soul. We feel our power and aliveness. We learn to love ourselves. We find balance and blessings. We become bright, shining, radiant.

Impulsed by music, using elements of theater, visualization, vocalization, guided sequences, and improvisational movement, we awaken our imaginations. We embark on a journey to fully express ourselves as soul. At the journey's end we return home, embodied and whole.

Devinder Kaur
Bringing Prosperity into Your Life and Yoga Practice
Go beyond the typical yoga sets/kriyas and meditations for prosperity. Experience how to open your life to receive all the gifts the universe has for you. Give yourself the gift of joyful living with an attitude of gratitude. Attain this through pranayam, mantra, meditation and the healing and sacred sound of the Gong.

David Newman
Kirtan: The Heart of Bhakti Yoga
Learn the art and practice of Kirtan, delve into the healing power of mantras, open the chakras through sound, chanting as meditation, and the teachings of the saints and scriptures on the nature of Love as a spiritual path. All are welcome!

Yogi Vishvketu
Chakra Meditation: Tantra, mantra, yantra!
Explore the Tantric symbolism of the chakras, i.e. the seed sounds and energetic forms or visualizations that stimulate the balanced flow of energy through the chakras. Experience contemplative chakra drawing and chakra meditation. Please bring a cushion.

David Newman
Inner Fire Meditation
Inner Fire Meditation is a seven stage journey including invocation, purification, ascension, unification, expansion, integration and affirmation. It works with mantra, pranayama, the chakras, visualization, grace, devotion and prayer. It is a meditative technology that leads the practitioner, step by step, from the personal to the universal, from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

David Newman
Inner Fire Yoga: The Yoga of Sound, Mind and Body
This workshop will explore the beautiful dance of sound and silence and the graceful flow between movement and stillness. This sacred journey guides the body into bliss, opens the heart to love, and leads the mind to peace.

Sat Dharam Kaur
Kundalini Yoga for Breast Health
A woman’s breasts symbolize the capacity of the earth to nurture all life, as well as our capacity to nurture ourselves and others. We can improve the health of our breasts with Kundalini Yoga exercises designed to assist lymphatic circulation, heal the heart chakra, balance the glandular and nervous systems, assist cellular detoxification and access inner wisdom. Join us in this revitalizing practice that combines pranayams, postures, movement and mantra to create a rich healing experience.

Devinder Kaur
Sound Immersion
Tune into the sacred sounds of the universe. You will explore several powerful Kundalini Yoga Mantras and the deep meditative vibration of the Gong. Come experience the joy of sound and learn to integrate these tools into your yoga, meditation and pranayama practice and teachings.

David Newman
The Yoga of Sound and The Art of Chanting
Come and exploration the art of Kirtan, delve into the healing power of mantras, open the chakras through sound. Use chanting as meditation and the teachings of the saints and scriptures on the nature of "Love" as a spiritual path.

Devinder Kaur
The Miracle Mantra of Guru Ram
This unique meditation experience uses the Guru Ram Das mantra. This mantra invokes the guidance, love and protection of Guru Ram Das. It opens the Fourth Chakra, the Heart Center, and allows you to feel and effortlessly radiate universal love. Learn how to chant this mantra, understand its history, meanings and effects and leave being able to teach its healing and transformational effects to others.

Mark and Joanne Darby
Energizing chakras with asanas and chanting
We will explain the importance of each chakra and its own particular sound called “bija seed sounds”. Then we will experience a gentle flow of ashtanga vinyasa practice with rhythmic chanting of the bija sounds. A chakra meditation will follow the practice and an energizing chakra chanting will conclude.

Devinder Kaur
The Healing Power of Mantra and Gong
Studies have shown the benefit that sound has in lowering blood pressure, improving the body's immune response and overall well being. We will experience connecting with our own voice through Kundalini Yoga Mantras and the meditative vibration of the Gong. Learn how to help others accelerate the natural healing process.

David Newman
Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Love
Use Kirtan and satsang (wisdom sharing) to examine the teachings of the saints and scriptures on the nature of love as a spiritual path. Bhakti yoga teaches that the miracle of “Love” is inside us and has the power to heal. Deepen your spiritual practice of yoga through the application of "Love" as a way of life.

Past Event - “Advanced Crown Chakra Crystal Singing Bowl Meditation” with Jeremy Sills BA

Monday March 9th 2009 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Pre-registration required $20.00 – seating limited to 13 ~ Call 613-722-3400 to register

This advanced workshop is for those who have taken the series of chakra meditation workshops offered and are comfortable with exploring more sound, chanting and silence with less explanation and dialogue.

Facilitated by Jeremy Sills, you will have the opportunity to engage your source energy flow through practical and intuitive meditation. This Advanced Session implies that you are ready and willing to explore your innate nature and connection to source energy. Each of the Chakras are worlds unto themselves; and when connected they have the capacity to co-create wholistically with the entire system that is our consciousness.

You will have the opportunity to work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls. Your spirit will guide you back to a place of harmony and gratitude. Whether it is to a place of appreciation and joy, or to a place of grateful understanding for the pain that has been with you, teaching you to be present with what is as you learn to accept yourself for who you are, wherever you think you may be on this journey
www.sacredsound.ca

Full Crow Moon Toning

this the last full moon of winter !

Awakening
Unraveling
the light returning....H-E-A-L

Let us wake up the sleeping teddy bears

with the Call of the Crow in service
and the sweet nectar of the maple tree!
Spring is Nearly upon us......

A sound circle for cultivating infinite love & gratitude

Tuesday March 10th, 2009 8:00 PM
Guided by Jeremy Sills

Space for 33 Voices Please RSVP

Location: 383 Ravenhill Avenue in Westboro

Please RSVP: jeremy@sacredsound.ca

Fee: Suggested Donation $11.00

Kirtan with the Bhakti Connection at Rama Lotus

Friday March 13th,7:30pm - 9:00pm

Rama Lotus Yoga Centre

Join the group for an interactive gathering - creating blissful vibrations to open your heart. Come to elevate Divine consciousness using your voice and music. Connect with your higher self and with others. All voices welcome, and no experience is necessary.

Kirtan is an opportunity to experience Naad Yoga (the Yoga of Sound) and Bhakti Yoga ( the Yoga of Devotion).

Vegetarian treats and tea will be available following to ground and connect - so feel free to bring a contribution for the feast!

Donations will be accepted for the "Playing for Change" organization. www.playingforchange.com

“Crystal Singing Bowl Introductory Crown Chakra Meditation” with Jeremy Sills BA

Monday March 23rd - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Introductory Session ~ pre-registration required $20.00 – seating limited to 13 ~ Call 613-722-3400 to register

Work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls.

Facilitated by Jeremy Sills, you will have the opportunity to engage your source energy flow through practical and intuitive meditation. Work through the major theme/issue of your chakra with affirmation, intention setting, vocal toning, and the healing sounds of crystal singing bowls. Your spirit will guide you back to a place of harmony and gratitude. Whether it is to a place of appreciation and joy, or to a place of grateful understanding for the pain that has been with you, teaching you to be present with what is as you learn to accept yourself for who you are, wherever you think you may be on this journey
www.sacredsound.ca

2 Amazing Chanting Events with Errol Starr

Introduction to Your Sacred Astro Sound with Errol Starr
March 28, 2009, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, Ontario
www.pranashanti.com
613-761-9642 (YOGA)

In this workshop, each participant's Sacred Astro Sound will be created using the combination of their astrological chart, (specifically the Sun, Moon and Rising signs) and the first vowel sound of their first name. Combining these two aspects we compose the individual's Sacred Astro Sound.

Together the group will tone, using the musical notes that correspond to the astrology (Sun, Moon, and Rising Signs) of each person, creating each individual's sacred sound. This is the sound that is said to have been playing in the heavens at the moment of birth.

The participants will enjoy the easy to understand explanation about the Sacred Astro Sound, and suggestions on ways to use it to bring oneself back into alignment with their Soul's purpose.

To hear one's astrological chart played musically is at once eerie and awesome. Musically, it resonates deep within us. To meditate with it releases tremendous insight and results in the achievement of higher states of consciousness. It touches depths of the Soul previously unrecognized. Its potential is as unlimited as we are unlimited.

Cost: $75 per person and includes a CD of your own Astro Sounds recorded during the session.

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World Beat Groove Concert with Errol Starr
March 28, 2009, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, Ontario
www.pranashanti.com
613-761-9642 (YOGA)

Come and join us in an all ages, cross-cultural, multidimensional sound, rhythm moving (dancing) meditation concert.

Prayers, Invocations and Chants to spacious world-beat groove music.

This is an interactive event bring your voices and your dancing feet!

Cost: $10.00 per person, free for children under 12.

Completely family friendly event that is open to all ages. For young children we ask that parents please keep an eye on your children.