Omega Institute – Ecstatic Chant: The Yoga of Voice

Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul and Friends

Price: $375 tuition please check Omega website for accommodation costs
Location: Omega Institute
150 Lake Dr.
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Website: www.eomega.org
Phone: 845-266-4444

Details:
Course: SM09-4303-733
Join us for our fifth annual Ecstatic Chant retreat, one of the most popular events at Omega. A rare and exhilarating opportunity to join some of the Western world’s leading devotional singers, the weekend nourishes our soul with a rich tradition of musical prayer and meditation. Known in Sanskrit as kirtan, devotional chanting awakens a longing in the heart for the experience of inner silence, boundless love, and union with the divine. Emerging from Hindu traditions in India, kirtan is practiced by millions of people. In recent years, pioneering musicians and seekers have brought this magical tradition to the West. Omega’s gathering is one of the nation’s largest and most renowned.

Throughout the weekend—including an extraordinary all-night Saturday session—we explore a variety of chants and chanting styles, interspersed with meditation sessions, yoga asana sessions, and the sharing of stories.

Faculty
Jai Uttal
Krishna Das
Deva Premal and Miten
Snatam Kaur
Shyamdas
Vishal Vaid
David Newman (Durga Das)
Manose
and Steve Gorn, John McDowell, Daniel Paul, and Annette Knopp (yoga teacher).

Bhakti Fest

Jai Uttal, Daniel Paul, and Nubia Teixeira

Where: Joshua Tree Retreat Center
59700 29 Palms Hwy.
Joshua Tree, CA
Website: www.westcoastkirtanyogafestival.com

Yoga Rocks The Mountain

Jai Uttal

When: 5-7pm
Where: Yoga Mountain Studio
85 Bolinas Rd 3
Fairfax, CA
Website: www.yogamountainstudio.com

Benefit concert in support of The Ali Akbar College Of Music and The Maestro and Me Campaign!

Jai Uttal, Open Secret Bookstore, and Radiance Cuisine

When: 7:30pm
Where: Open Secret Bookstore
Music and World Art Gallery and the Rainbow Body Cultural Center
923 C St.
San Rafael, CA
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. All income goes to The Maestro And Me Campaign.
Website: www.opensecretbookstore.com
Details: An evening of kirtan with Jai Uttal and friends at 7:30pm.

THE MAESTRO AND ME
The Global Campaign to Save the Life’s Work of Ali Akbar Khan,
Master Indian Classical Musician

The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM), in San Rafael, California, is stepping out of its comfort zone, the world of ancient classical music, and into the fast-paced network of modern social media by launching an ambitious campaign to bring awareness to the need to protect and preserve the vast materials left behind by India’s genius musician, Maestro Ali Akbar Khan.

Khansahib, as he is respectfully referred to, had already been teaching at the college for 23 years when he was granted the MacArthur “genius” award back in 1991. He went on to teach for another 17 years until his death at the age of 87, even managing to teach one last vocal class at his home the evening before his passing. It is this devotion, love, and dedication to the music that has earned him a place in musician’s hearts around the world. He is a true musician’s musician, yet he always made himself available to students of every level. This humility and care is the inspiration for “The Maestro and Me” campaign.

As Mary Khan, the director of the AACM and wife of Ali Akbar Khan has said, “We know Khansahib has touched thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people through his concerts, recordings, classes, and through students performing and teaching around the globe. If all of these people could be reached and told about this great need to preserve his work, I am sure we could complete this project without a problem. The question is how to reach everyone.”

The campaign is requesting that everyone pass on the word to all of their contacts about Khansahib’s work and the vast treasure that is being preserved at the college. Currently, we are preserving 40 years of class audio and videotapes—approximately 7,000 hours—and 1,000 concerts that Khansahib performed throughout India, Europe and the US. All of this material will be readily available in an unprecedented public library, for all to listen to and learn from.

And here are some words from Radhanath Das & Kilimba Alvarez, chefs and co-creators of Radiance Cuisine:

Radiance Cuisine announces a ~Grand Opening~ at Open Secret Bookstore
Friday & Saturday, Sept 24 and 25th, from Noon to 9:pm
923 C Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 457-4191

For over 20 years, Open Secret Bookstore has been a gathering place for music, ideas and well-being… Now there is another reason to visit: delicious organic, vegetarian cuisine!

Festivities celebrating the Grand Opening for Radiance Cuisine will begin on Friday, September 24th at 12:00 Noon (til 9:00 pm) and will go through Saturday the 25th, from Noon til 9:30 pm. There will be live music, storytelling and dancing starting at noon, with spectacular evening music events for both nights. Watch for the schedule, soon TBA!

Bring friends and Sample a taste of Radiance, featuring tiny bites of the day’s menu items for $6… or dive straight into the Radiance Menu, featuring The Radiance Plate (Sm $11/ Lg $14: the day’s gourmet Soup or Dal, Veggie Curry, Rice or Quinoa & Salad with creamy vegan house Dressing); or The Yogi Bowl (Sm $6/ Lg $9: Soup or Dal & Veggie-Curry separated by Rice or Quinoa in a bowl). Menu Extras include Chutney, refreshing Drinks and delicious Desserts… come celebrate uplifting tastes with us and see what everyone is talking about!

This event will also feature chair massage..[~come early to get on the list~].. and various sessions of interest such as Astrology readings and Tarot will be available in the temple room.

Come support and partake in this community experience. Sample a new diet for a conscious, sustainable lifestyle. Radiance Cuisine features fresh, local and organic ingredients, prepared with love and affection for the divine spirit within us all and beyond.

RadianceCuisine.com

A 3-Hour Ramayana Experience with Kirtan and Storytelling

Jai Uttal

When: 7pm
Where: The Rose Temple
305 Rose Avenue
Venice, CA
Price: $25 advance, $30 door
Details: Join Jai Uttal for a special evening on Friday, October 1st @ 7 PM at the Rose Temple in Venice Beach, CA. The event, “A 3-Hour Ramayana Experience with Jai Uttal” will feature chanting, stories and intimate details of the famous love between Sita and Ram. Share, sing, laugh, play, dance and learn from one of the world’s foremost scholars on the Ramayana and a Grammy-nominated musician and master Kirtan wallah to boot!

Hosted by Yoga Doctors in collaboration with LMU Yoga Studies and Zat Baraka of The LA Kirtan Collective, this event featuring Jai Uttal is part of the “Yoga and the Healing Sciences” Yoga Teacher Training course at Loyola Marymount University led by Dr. Eden Goldman and Terra Gold. It is one of only a few events in Eden and Terra’s Yoga Alliance approved course that will be open to the public at large.

Food will be available from Santa Monica’s favorite raw restaurant, RAWvolution and costumes from last year’s Boxtales Theater production of the Ramayana in Santa Barbara will be on loan from the troupe and their brilliant costume designer, Kira Jones. Come dressed up in your favorite Indian garbs and join the party!

The event with Jai Uttal on October 1st at the Rose Temple will be a don’t-miss-this experience! A chance to chant, be delighted, learn and open your heart. His new album, Bhakti Bazaar, debuts at the end of August and is an endless feast of melody and rhythm, of longing and ecstasy, of divine moods and passions. Come celebrate! O:-)

Advance tickets will be available for purchase on September 1 @ RAWvolution for $25 (cash or charge). The door price is $30 (cash only) and is on a first come-first serve basis as space permits.

This will be Jai’s only show in the L.A. area over the next couple of months. The event will sell out! Make sure to get your tickets early!!!

For more information on this event with Jai and/or Terra and Eden’s LMU Yoga teacher training program, please visit www.yogadoctors.com

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal

When: 7pm
Where: Seaside Center for Spiritual Living
1613 Lake Dr.
Encinitas, CA
Tickets: $25 advance / $30 at the door
From Jyoti Mandir
200 Coneflower St.
Encinitas, CA
Or online at www.JyotiMandir.com
Info: 760-634-2165

Awakening Bhakti

Jai Uttal

Where: Jyoti Mandir
200 Coneflower St.
Encinitas, CA
Preregistration: $45 by mail
Or through the website: www.JyotiMandir.com
Info: 760-634-2165

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal

When: 8pm
Where: Laughing Lotus Yoga Center
3271 16th St
San Francisco, CA
Price: $20 advance, $25 at the door
Website: http://sf.laughinglotus.com

Divine Play – 1st Annual AcroYoga Festival

Jai Uttal

Where: Historic Sweet’s Ballroom
1933 Broadway St.
Oakland, CA
Price: Main festival: $225 early, $295 after 9/1. Friday intensives: $85 early, $125 after 9/1
Website: www.acroyogafestival.org

Lake Eden Arts Festival

Jai Uttal

Where: Lake Eden Arts Festival
377 Lake Eden Road
Black Mountain, NC
Website: www.theleaf.org

More details to come.

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal

When: Kirtan Kula Reception: 6:00 pm. Kirtan: 7:30pm
Where: The River Road Unitarian Church
6301 River Rd.
Bethesda, MD
Tickets: $25 advance/$30 at the door. Students: $10 at the door, cash only, with valid ID.
Website: www.prasadayoga.com
Details: This is an e-ticket event. Your PayPal receipt is your ticket. Please bring with you and check in at Will Call.

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal

Where: Kaia Yoga – Westport
1200 Post Rd E
Westport, CT
Price: $30 in advance, $40 door
Website: www.kaiayoga.com

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul

When: 7:30pm-10pm
Where: Integral Yoga Institute New York
227 W. 13th St.
New York, NY
Tickets: $24 in advance, $32 at the door (or included in workshop price).
Website: www.iyiny.org
Phone: 212-929-0586

Awakening Bhakti

Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul

Where: Integral Yoga Institute New York
227 W. 13th St.
New York, NY
Details: 2pm-5pm & 7:30pm-10pm Saturday, 11am-2:30pm Sunday.
Tickets: $200 for the weekend (includes premier seating at the October 22 Kirtan).
Website: www.iyiny.org
Phone: 212-929-0586

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul

When: 7pm
Where: Yogamaya Yoga Studio
135 W 20th St
New York, NY
Tickets: $25 in advance, $35 at the door
Website: www.yogamayanewyork.com

Evening of Kirtan

Jai Uttal

When: 8pm
Where: Sacred Space Yoga Sanctuary at Rudramandir
830 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA
Price: $15 students, $20 advance, $25 door
Website: www.sacredspaceyogasanctuary.com

The Art and Practice of Kirtan
New Year’s Kirtan Camp at Mar de Jade in Chacala, Mexico

Jai Uttal, Daniel Paul and Nubia Teixeira

Bring in the New Year in a wave of prayer and song with a joy-filled study of the yoga of chanting known as Kirtan! We will deeply explore this ancient devotional practice, weaving together our hearts and voices in celebration and invocation of the Divine.

Each day will begin and end with Jai and Daniel guiding us through the journey of Bhakti Yoga & Kirtan in two daily sessions. These will include vocal and musical training, story telling and, of course, many hours of chanting. The late afternoons, when the sun slowly sets, Nubia Teixeira will hold space for a nurturing yoga and dance session.

On New Year’s Eve we will enter the mandala of 2011 with an ecstatic moonlit Kirtan! Setting our intentions and wishes for the coming year, we will create prayer flags to wave in a magical procession of song under the stars and dedicate offerings to the Goddess of the Ocean, calling for prosperity, joy, nourishment, peace and love.

PRICES: To ensure the package of your choice is available, please register early!
Early bird discount – now extended through September 15! $200.00 off

We offer two options, and two different rooms:

*Romantic suite” (i.e. premium rooms)
~Lakshmi Package (single): $3,400
~Ganesha Package (double): $2,400

*Guest room & Guest room loft
~Lakshmi Package (single): $2,800
~Ganesha Package: $1,950

Deposit of $600.00.
Remainder due by December 1st 2010.

PayPal Registration of $600.00

You can also send a check for the deposit to:
Jai Uttal
10 Elm Court
San Anselmo, CA 94960

* Prices do not include the air fare or transfers.

Optional, not included in the package:

Kayaking, Hiking to secluded beaches, Boating, Snorkeling off a nearby island, Surfing at “La Caleta” break, Whale Watching, Horseback riding, Bird & wildlife tours.

You will be flying into Puerto Vallarta (PVR). Mar de Jade is along Mexico’s Tropical Pacific Coast, about 90 min. North of Puerto Vallarta, 3 hours west of Guadalajara, and 2 hours south of Tepic, Nayarit. It is located on the south end of Chacala Beach.

This retreat will be held at the stunning Mar de Jade, hidden-away between the tropical jungle and the pristine sandy beach of Chacala, Mexico. This is an open home that offers Healing Spa Treatments, with a large Jacuzzi, Cold Plunge and Steam Room.

The spacious layout of Mar de Jade offers each area a sense of privacy as it blends with the natural surroundings.

For more information :

www.mardejade.com

PRESS:

“A combination vacation spot, spiritual retreat, and community immersion experience on the Pacific Coast of Mexico near Puerto Vallarta. Brightened by bougainvillea and banana trees, Mar de Jade has plenty of charm, but I was more intrigued by its sanctuary-like seclusion, its hidden tropical aura. The village of Chacala has a half-mile-long sweep of palm fringed sand protected by a small bay. At the southern tip end is Mar de Jade, so close to the water that it looks as if a strong wind might blow it out to sea.” – Nick Gallo, Hemisphere United Airlines Maganize, August 2005.

Please Join Us !
To reserve your spot contact Nubia at :

registration@jaiuttal.com or nubiacoruja@gmail.com

Contact Phone: 415-963-3551 (please leave a msg)