Ganesha Maha Mantra
Wednesday, June 12th: 2:30-4pm
Harmonium Singing Group Lesson with Mirabai
I will offer an Invocation/Oms that we will sing together
Student introductions
Vocals warm ups & Alankars
(Indian music patterns to strengthen the voice)
A new mantra:
(pronunciation, meaning, chords on harmonium, melody)
Private residence in San Rafael
$30 lesson
Contact Mirabai: mirabaiyoga@hotmail.com to register
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.
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