Ganesha Maha Mantra
Monthly Kirtan with Uma Reed & Mirabai
Thursday, Sept. 19th 7:30-9pm
Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street, San Rafael
$20 at the door
A Day in the Heart of the Goddess with Mirabai & Uma Reed
a Kirtan and Yoga Daylong Retreat in honor of Navaratri
Enjoy a day full of outdoor asana, pranayama & chanting
On Sunday, September 29, from 10am-4:30m, Uma and I will offer a daylong yoga, meditation, and devotion retreat. We will once again experience the day in the gorgeous natural surroundings of Paradise Healing Center in Lagunitas, California.
The timing of the retreat is just after the Autumn Equinox, and during the course of the High Holy Days of Judaism, as well as special dates in numerous other traditions. Most notably for us, it is the first day of the Hindu celebration of the Goddess, known as Navaratri, or Durga Puja. Uma and I will mark the beginning of this powerful nine-night festivity with a special daylong observance of “A Day in the Heart of the Goddess.”
In the morning, Mirabai will lead us in a unique cleansing pranayama practice, followed by a strengthening asana session to fortify the body in preparation for the change of seasons, and pull the energy inward as we move into Autumn. In doing so, we honor the various qualities that devotion to Durga engenders, such as strength of will, self-discipline, and keeping balance throughout the ups and downs of life.
In keeping with the celebration of the Goddess in her various forms, Uma will be teaching a very beautiful devotional hymn to Durga, the Protectress who teaches us how to dispel our fears, the shining “Goddess of Pure Power.” We will learn the song in the traditional way that the scriptures are learned in India: learn the words first, the basic translation next, and then an “unfoldment” of the deeper meaning held within the words.
Daylong retreat: $150 by Sept 15, $175 after 9/15
Students bring your own lunch, water & tea are provided.
Please contact Mirabai to register: mirabaiyoga@hotmail.com
Thurs Night Ecstatic Evening of Chanting at Open Secret with Uma & Mirabai:
Thursday, Oct 17th 7:30-9pm
Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street, San Rafael
$20 at the door
Live Kirtan, Holiday, and Folk Music at Grace Cathedral for Darren Main’s Yoga on the Labyrinth
6:15pm-7:30pm
1100 California St., San Francisco
$10-$20 recommended donation
Kirtan and Meditation at Integral Yoga: 7pm-8:30pm
Come together with the Integral Yoga community for an evening of kirtan and meditation. Mirabai will offer call and response chants on harmonium and guitar accompanied by other guest musicians.
Kirtan helps us to focus the mind and open the heart and clear our emotional states so we can let go of the mental gripping and drop into a deeper place of peace in the heart. The Integral Yoga community has always been dear to Mirabai’s heart, it’s where she did her first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2004.
770 Dolores St., San Francisco
$15 in advance, or $20 at the door
Yoga & Live Music with Mirabai at the Community Congregational Church in Tiburon
A donation-based yoga and live music program led in the church sanctuary.
Each week will feature yoga practice and meditation,
accompanied by live music and chant.
All ages and levels of experience welcome.
(suggested $10-$20)
New Years Eve Celebration
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 @ 9:00 pm – Wednesday, January 1, 2020 @ 12:00 am
With Swami Ramananda,
Magdalena Zubin Goldman, Halim and Vakila, Mirabai and the IYI Sangha
Renew your spiritual vision for 2020, and connect with your Integral Yoga family. Join us for a special evening ringing in the New Year with music, dance, light and love. This year we celebrate the Oneness with special guests Magdalena Zubin Goldman, Halim and Vakila who will be offering Dances of Universal Peace. The Dances of Universal Peace are meditative spiritual folk dances employing inspirational language and mantras of diverse world religions. Well known Kirtan leader Mirabai will also lead us in chanting the names of the divine and we will end the evening meditating into the new year.