Thurs Night Summer Solstice Evening of Chanting at Open Secret

with Uma & Mirabai featuring Gangadhar & PJ:

Thursday, June 20 7:30-9pm

Open Secret Bookstore, 923 C Street, San Rafael

$20 at the door

While Kirtan—traditional Indian call-and-response chanting, originated in India, people all over the world have found this form of meditation to be deeply moving. Please join the Yoga on the Labyrinth community at Grace Cathedral for our monthly chanting group featuring

SPECIAL GUEST: Mirabai & Friends
Mirabai is a recording artist and leader in the Bay Area Kirtan community. She frequently gathers a diverse group of musicians to accompany her making for a truly unique experience.
http://www.mirabaiandfriends.com

Suggested Donation: $15-$25
Limited Seating – Pre-Registration Suggested.

Live Acoustic Folk Music at Grace Cathedral for Yoga on the Labyrinth

with Chris Haugen & Mirabai

This is a donation-based program (suggested $10-$20) led by Christopher Love in the CCC’s sanctuary. Each week will feature yoga practice and meditation, accompanied by live music and chant. 
YOGACCC.ORG   All ages and levels of experience welcome.

This is a donation-based program (suggested $10-$20) led by Christopher Love in the CCC’s sanctuary. Each week will feature yoga practice and meditation, accompanied by live music and chant. 
YOGACCC.ORG   All ages and levels of experience welcome.

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