Kiratn with Wade Moriseetee - Saturday, February 12th at 7:30 PM at PranaShanti

Kirtan with Wade Morissette

Saturday, February 12th

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Join international Kirtan artist Wade Imre Morissette for an uplifting evening celebrating Valentines Day
with heart opening Kirtan!

Although the kirtan involves music, the underlying art of kirtan chanting is not actually about musical ability or training-it is about the heart. Everyone can participate, regardless of age or cultural background.

The purpose of this music is to get us out of our heads and into our hearts. Typically, the songs can last for 20-30 minutes each with a few moments of silence in between each song so you can soak it all up. The longer songs allow for deeper experience of the effects, and with the simple, repetitive lyrics.

Participate in an evening of powerful Kirtan with Nutone artist Wade Imre Morissette. A sing until you can’t sing anymore bliss out mantra call and response expression fest!

Wade has been practicing and teaching yoga for 13 years. He has completed Iyengar, Classical Ashtanga and Ashtanga-Vinyasa yoga teacher training. He has studied Vinyasa, Viniyoga, Anusara, and Kriya yoga, as well as zazen, Vedic Chanting, and active movement and sound meditations with some of the best-known teachers in Canada, North America, and India.

He is also a Reiki master, certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, and Viniyoga Therapist. He leads teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, and music-dance evenings internationally.

Cost: $25.00 per person in advance. $30.00 per person day of the event.

Wade will be in Ottawa for a full weekend of events including 3 dynamic workshops featuring yoga and music.  Full Weekend Savings! Sign up for all 4 Events on or before February 10th and SAVE $20 off the advance price and SAVE $40 off the day of price.

You pay just $140.00 per person for your full weekend experience!

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, near the Parkdale Market
Ottawa, Ontario
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Winter Solstice Celebration of Light

Sunday,  December 19th

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

"There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." Edith Wharton

Midwinter's day has been an important time for celebration throughout the ages. On this shortest day of the year, the sun is at its lowest and weakest, a pivot point from which the light will grow stronger and brighter. This is the turning point of the year.

Join PranaShanti Owner, Devinder Kaur, and friends from different spiritual and devotional paths for a Winter Solstice Celebration to welcome the light!

•Buddhist - Kelsang Rabjor, Joyful Land Buddhist Centre

•Christian - Father Jack Lau, Galilee Retreat Centre

•Aboriginal - Cindy Gaudet, Metis woman, Global Heartbeat

•Yogic/Sikh - Devinder Kaur, Yoga Teacher

Experience the healing qualities of meditation, prayer, blessing and song from these sacred and spritual traditions. Be surrounded by joy, peace and upliftment in the soothing and restful glow of candlelight.

Warming spiced mulled apple juice and a special Winter Solstice dessert buffet with decadent chocolate fountain, fresh fruit and holiday treats served afterwards.

Cost: $22 per person. Proceeds donated to the Food Bank.  Children's Winter Solstice Celebration with Jmaie Reardon occurs at the same time with a special program for ages 3 to 8.  $11.00 per child.

Everyone welcome! Bring a meditation cushion/pillow and show up early! Chair seating available. Please call ahead to reserve a chair, if needed. Yoga mats not required.

Sign Up Online or call PranaShanti at 613-761-9642 (YOGA) to reserve your space.

Let's celebrate this special time together in peace and understanding!

PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Kirtan with Bhava ~ Friday, December 17th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at PranaShanti

Kirtan with Bhava

Friday, December 17th

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

BHAVA is Sanskrit for devotional state of mind; the mood of ecstasy and self-surrender that comes through the loving divine embrace!

Friends, family and all folks are welcome to come sing with us as we celebrate the Winter Solstice. There's room to dance and clap your hands! Snacks and tea for all.

Bhava is:
•Naomi Guzman Poole (voice)
•Elissar Hanna (voice & harmonium)
•Jeremy Sills (voice, crystal bowls & gong)
•Guy Tardif (voice)
•Stephane Laurence-Pressault (darbouka)

Cost:  A suggested donation of $11.00. No chanting or singing experience needed - just an openness to beautiful sounds. All ages welcome.

Location:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Heart Sounds with Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Sunday November 7th, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Guided by Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Location: Bioenergetics Institute 36 Simcoe Street (Off of Lees Ave.)
RSVP : Anamda info@clubyoga.ca
613-228-9235

Donation: $8 – $15

The NEW MOON is with us this weekend, a magical time of new beginnings! We invite you to join us for "HEART SOUNDS NEW MOON" artistic jamming. Tune into the moment to express your creative self through movement, art, voice & instruments. In this place of meditation our hearts will whisper in our ears new beginnings, ideas, intentions and goals.

Jeremy Sills will guide the experience bringing his healing music, crystal bowls, drumming and harmonic overtoning to the evening. Anamda & Satkiana will use voice, harmonium, singing bowls and a special healing ceremony to support the evening.

Crystal Bowl and Planet Gong Concert with David Hickey Date: Sat 10/30/2010 at 8PM

Crystal Bowl and Planet Gong Concert
with David Hickey
Saturday, October 30, 2010

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Join David Hickey for an incredible evening. Crystal Journey, an improvised sound journey with Paiste Planetary Gongs, Crystal Bowls, Santoor and Vibraphone.

Two sets of incredible music that allows the listener to be fully immersed with their spirit.

A few words from David:
Based in Mount Hope, Ontario, I perform with Quartz Crystal Singing Bowls, 15-20 of them. Each produces a pure note or tone, the purest there is. You have to hear them to believe it. I play them in combination with a Vibraphone, Santoor and 8-18 Paiste Planet, Symphonic and Sound Creation Gongs. Every gong features a strong fundamental note tuned to represent a natural harmonic series based on the orbital properties of the Sun, the Earth, the Moon and the other planets. It's like having a full orchestra.

I have been touring Canada coast to coast for the past seven years and have performed over 700 shows, having released 7 CDs to date. I have played the Bowls and Gongs accompanied by various musicians as well as with the Winnipeg Chamber Orchestra in June of 2006.

Crystal Journey has dedicated its intention for the music to help raise awareness to our environment and such social causes as Tibet and Burma, raising funds for these and various other charities. Crystal Journey also works with cancer support groups such as Well Spring Calgary. As 2010 unfolds, I am looking forward to taking my music to ever increasing numbers creating conscious awareness across Canada and the Globe with a message of peace. By year's end, Crystal Journey will have performed over 150 concerts.

The intent of the performance is to create soothing, meditative and healing music. Each one of my performances is completely improvised, and unique. The music attracts a full range of listeners. My concerts are in two sets, each lasting an hour in length.

My musical inspirations are, Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, and Frederick Chopin to name a few.

Cost:  $25.00 per person. Register early to ensure your space.

Location:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street (near Parkdale Market)
Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/

Heart Sounds with Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Artistic Jamming to uplift the sacred within

Sunday October 24th, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Guided by Jeremy Sills & Club Yoga

Location: Bioenergetics Institute 36 Simcoe Street (Off of Lees Ave.)
RSVP : Anamda info@clubyoga.ca
613-228-9235

Donation: $8 – $15

We will be celebrating the harvest full moon, Aries/Libra this Sunday at Heart Sounds.

Have you noticed how all the squirrels have been scampering about as they store their harvest for the winter? Lets JAM together to release those sound vibrations that will help us stay warm and have all the necessities for the winter season. It is a time to begin that inward heart journey of reflection, to reflect on our accomplishments during this radiant year and to take time to rest and regenerate.

Jeremy Sills will guide the experience bringing his healing music, crystal bowls, drumming and harmonic overtoning to the evening. Anamda & Satkiana will use voice, harmonium, singing bowls and a special healing ceremony to support the evening.

www.clubyoga.ca
www.jeremysills.com

Divine Sound Weekend with Brenda McMorrow - Concert, Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 PM, Chant Workshop, Sunday, October 17th at 1:30 PM

Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 PM

Kirtan Concert with Brenda McMorrow and

Special Guest Errol Starr Francis

Kirtan – a practice of Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of Devotion) - is a call and response form of singing which is expanding throughout North America as westerners discover its uplifting, healing and joyous effects.

Kirtan is easy to learn and participate in. The lead singer sings simple and beautiful melodies and the crowd responds either by memory or by using lyric sheets provided. Brenda explains, “Singing together– chanting the Divine names – encourages our hearts to open and the beauty of our true beings to shine!”

Canadian Devotional Chant artist, Brenda McMorrow, began her musical career in the early 1990’s as a singer/songwriter. She co-founded the London, Ontario folk/rock band Julia Propeller – a campus radio and CBC favourite – which opened for and shared festival rosters with acts like Ani Difranco and Bruce Cockburn.

Brenda’s rich musical exploration led her from folk to bluegrass to jazz and now - as meditation, yoga and expanding consciousness have become integral parts of her life – her true heart offering is to share her unique blend of original melodies, world beats and sacred Indian devotional chants.

To learn more about Brenda and her music visit Brenda McMorrow's Website.

Join Brenda and PranaShanti for this uplifting evening, tea and treats served after the concert!

Cost: $20 per person in advance; $25 per person day of the event.

Sunday, October 17th, 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM

"True Being Through Chanting”

A Chant Workshop with Brenda McMorrow

Join devotional chant artist Brenda McMorrow in this special workshop where we will explore the sacred sounds of ancient mantra and the joyous singing of kirtan (a practice of devotional or Bhakti Yoga). A special focus will be put on how this powerful practice serves to remind, awaken and enliven the truth of Who We Are!

Open to people interested in singing, meditation, yoga, sound healing and anyone wanting to try something heart-opening and new! No experience necessary!

To learn more about Brenda and her music visit Brenda McMorrow's Website.

Cost: $30 per person in advance; $35 per person day of the event.

Event Location and Contact Information:
PranaShanti Yoga Centre
52 Armstrong Street, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 2V7
613-761-9642 (YOGA), http://www.pranashanti.com/