New World Kirtan | Calming Chants for a Crazy World

Gratitude HD By Louis Schwartzberg, Moving Art TV. Published Oct 14, 2011. A Moving Art original short. This inspirational video was well responded at TED conferences and filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg motivates those around him as happiness is revealed. Spoken word and music montage created and composed by Gary Malkin. Narration written and spoken by Brother David...

Dave Stringer Live at Shakti Fest 2013 I've heard Dave Stringer perform live numerous times, and several things continue to impress me -- his energy (off the charts), his sharp wit, the power of his vocals and his musicality. Each set is different -- this time he did a version of Saraswati Ma that kicked it up with amazing fiddle playing by Samuel Salsbury. It was a delight. Listening to this week's podcast took me right back to a magical spring night in the desert surrounded by beautiful...

Kirtaniyas featuring MC Yogi — Nitai Gauranga This video, filmed at the Holi Festival of Colors in Utah and out less than a week has been watched almost nine thousand times on YouTube. I must admit I account for a lot of the views -- there's so much joy & love present, it makes me really happy to watch it. The Kirtaniyas are an awesome band, we'll have a live podcast of their set at Bhakti Fest...

Is Meditation Important?

By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar The New Indian Express Meditation is important for every human being. Meditation fulfils the natural tendency of human beings to look for a joy that does not diminish, a love that does not get distorted or turn into negative emotions. Some people ask me if meditation is foreign to us. Absolutely not! You have been in meditation for a couple of months before your birth. Continue here...

How To Survive Being Married To A Musician

Via Dearbhla Kelly elephant journal Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, writer and neurophilosopher Dearbhla Kelly's take on what it's like to be married to a "hot muso" (AKA kirtan wallah Dave Stringer) is very funny, and a perspective we don't often hear. So you’re married to a musician? If you’ve made it that far, you probably already know everything you’re about to read here, so it may be a better use of your time to have a...

The Healing Power Of Kirtan

By Rachel Goldstein at YOGANONYMOUS On that unfortunate day in 2001, the one that changed reality as we know it, my life‐long friend Gabby was running down the West Side Highway, watching in horror as history transpired right before her eyes. I had just returned after finishing producing an ABC Television documentary mini‐series about the Hamptons and was in between apartments. In this time of despair and uncertainty, I...

Shakti Fest 2013 Wrap-Up

After a festival like Shakti Fest, returning to the world takes a while. Always I feel as though the cells in my body have been shaken up & put back together in a different way, and it takes time to integrate this new way of being into the flow of daily life. This year we stayed on-site at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center, the first time we have been in the spiritual atmosphere called the Bhav without a break. The air...