Chanting and Meditation: Entering the Still and Boundless Heart
Jai Uttal and Debra Chamberlin-Taylor
When: 7:30pm Where: Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Woodacre, CA Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. Pre-register here. Website:www.spiritrock.org Details: The heart is an honored gateway to our most profound and boundless nature. Using the ancient and sublime blend of kirtan (chanting), we can open the heart of infinite love. Kirtan in the Bhakti tradition taps the nectar of spiritual longing and devotion, and invites us to surrender everything into the Sacred. Used together, kirtan and meditation can reveal the expansive view of our sky-like nature.
When: 1pm Where: Open Secret Bookstore
923 C St.
San Rafael, CA Price: 12 and up $10 / 4-11 years old $5 / 3 and under Free Website:www.opensecretbookstore.com Details: The world of wide eyed, childlike wonder that is so essential to the path of Bhakti is not always that easily attainable to us highly educated, ‘spiritual’ adults. But as you mommies and daddies know, we can let our kids help us! Come to Open Secret for an afternoon of “Kiddie Kirtan,” heartful and simple Indian chanting for the little ones of all ages. Of course the drums, shakers and front row seats are reserved for the kids, but parents and older brothers and sisters are welcome – as long as they behave! See you there!!
This event is a CD Release “Party” to celebrate Jai’s latest album, Kirtan Kids: The Elephant, the Monkey, and the Little Butter Thief, a wondrous collection of stories, chants and songs sung by, and for, our divine younger generation.
When: 3-6pm Where: Namaste Grand Lake
3229 Lakeshore Ave.
Oakland, CA Website:www.namasteoakland.com Tickets: Workshop $55, Workshop + Kirtan $70 Details: Join Nubia Teixeira and her husband Jai Uttal for an afternoon of Bhakti Yoga. In this workshop we will explore how the body, the heart, and the mind support and complement each other in our journey towards oneness. Nubia will lead the asana and pranayama practice, which will anchor us in our bodies and open us to the meditative practice of calling to the divine.
Together they will guide us in a heartopening adventure through breath, movement and sacred sound, blending those traditions in a deep and playful way.
All levels are invited.
When: 8-10pm Where: Namaste Grand Lake
3229 Lakeshore Ave.
Oakland, CA Website:www.namasteoakland.com Tickets: Workshop $55, Workshop + Kirtan $70 Details: Join Nubia Teixeira and her husband Jai Uttal for an afternoon of Bhakti Yoga. In this workshop we will explore how the body, the heart, and the mind support and complement each other in our journey towards oneness. Nubia will lead the asana and pranayama practice, which will anchor us in our bodies and open us to the meditative practice of calling to the divine.
Together they will guide us in a heartopening adventure through breath, movement and sacred sound, blending those traditions in a deep and playful way.
All levels are invited.
When: 7pm Where: Sedona Creative Life Center
333 Schnebly Hill Road
Sedona, AZ Tickets: $25 advance, $30 at the door. Preregister here. Website:www.bhaktitribesedona.com
Awakening Bhakti: A Celebration of Divine and Human Love
Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul
When: 10am-1pm Where: 7 Centers Yoga
2115 Mountain Road
Sedona, AZ Tickets: $55. Preregister here. Website:www.bhaktitribesedona.com Details: Bhakti Yoga is the path of personal relationship with Spirit, with God, with Goddess; a relationship that includes all the flavors and moods of the human heart. In the journey of Bhakti our emotions become the fuel to reconnect us with the Divine and to find healing and wholeness within ourselves. Through singing Kirtan we explore, express and share the deepest caverns of our souls and ultimately find the eternal spring of love.
For everyone who loves and practices Kirtan, Jai will share and demystify some of their secrets particularly the ‘fact’ that with just a little understanding of music and rhythm and a lot of self acceptance we all can sing and lead and share our hearts with others. The practice of chanting, itself, can become our teacher, guiding us home.
James Higgins, Christy Brown, Nubia Teixeira, Jai Uttal
When: 1-5pm Where: The Dance Palace
503 B Street, Pt. Reyes Station
West Marin, CA Tickets: $40 in advance, $50 at the door Website:www.bhaktiblissadventures.com Details: Drawing from a variety of traditions and blending diverse aspects of yoga, this special four-hour workshop is a unique collaboration, one which will guide you through different aspects of your Being – to refine your practice; open new inner doors; and realign, nourish and nurture seeds of intention. James Higgins will open with a Meditative Flow practice that will guide you inward, toward “untapped resources of transformation, healing, wisdom and love.” Christy Brown will follow with a Yin Yoga practice which will deeply calm and open body and mind, leading you toward an inner space of serene clarity and contentment. Nubia Teixeira will then lead you through a gentle Asana Flow & Mudra practice, based on the postures and mudras of deities of the Hindu pantheon. Jai Uttal’s Bhakti Lullaby will seamlessly move you from asana to savasana and into a spirit of blissful devotion and gratitude – culminating with Jai’s unparalleled Kirtan experience – so that we may water the seeds of our intentions with joy, celebration and dedication to the divine.
Awakening Bhakti: A Celebration of Divine and Human Love
Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul
Where: Breitenbush Hot Springs
Highway 224
Detroit, OR Website:www.breitenbush.com Phone: 503-854-3320 Price: $215 before 2/1, $240 after Details: Bhakti Yoga is the path of personal relationship with Spirit, with God, with Goddess; a relationship that includes all the flavors and moods of the human heart. In the journey of Bhakti our emotions become the fuel to reconnect us with the Divine and to find healing and wholeness within ourselves. Through singing Kirtan we explore, express and share the deepest caverns of our souls and ultimately find the eternal spring of love.
For everyone who loves and practices Kirtan, Jai and Daniel will share and demystify some of their secrets particularly the ‘fact’ that with just a little understanding of music and rhythm and a lot of self acceptance we all can sing and lead and share our hearts with others. The practice of chanting, itself, can become our teacher, guiding us home.
Where: Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat
Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas Price: Varies by accommodations. See website. Website:www.sivanandabahamas.org Details: Ride on the wings of kirtan to feel whole and to feel free. Learn to chant and tune your voice and heart to that which is sacred. Recording artist Jai Uttal, accompanied by Daniel Paul, will invoke a space of prayer and heartfelt expression through music and chant.
Where: Omega Institute
150 Lake Drive
Rhinebeck, NY Website:www.eomega.org Details: Celebrate spring with a weekend of inspiring musical prayer. Known in India as kirtan (Sanskrit for “devotional chanting”), the call-and-response, rhythmic quality of these prayers kindles a joyful mood and can lead to profound states of deep meditation. In India, kirtan is accepted as one of the surest paths to enlightenment.
During the weekend, we sing a variety of traditional and new chants in an array of chanting styles, accompanied by contemporary and ancient instruments, including the harmonium and tabla—standards in Indian classical music. The weekend includes an extraordinary late-night Saturday session.
This fifth annual program is a spring version of Omega’s Labor Day weekend ecstatic chant, which has enthralled sold-out audiences for many years.
Jai Uttal and co-teachers Daniel Paul, Nubia Teixeira, and Daniel Tucker.
This training is for those who aspire to lead Kirtan; those who wish to enhance their Yoga teaching with chanting; and those who simply wish to immerse themselves in the vast ocean of Bhakti.
In this workshop we will share some of the many tools that we use in our Bhakti practices. Our hope is that everyone will leave this retreat with the inner experience and knowledge that we are all able to dive into this world of devotion and sing and share our hearts with others.
Subjects to be covered:
Kirtan – As the essential practice of Bhakti, Kirtan will be the main focus of this training.
Bhakti Yoga – Understanding the path of Bhakti as a journey of surrender and offering of one’s entire being to the the Divine will.
Mantras – Experiencing the invocational power of the ancient Sanskrit syllables and names in ecstatic song and silent contemplation.
Gods and Goddesses – An exploration of the energies embodied by the different deities of Hinduism.
Ramayana – Studying and reciting the multi-leveled epic adventures of Ram, Sita and Hanuman; and how this story relates to our daily lives.
Saints – Reflecting upon the lives of some of the saints of modern India, particularly Neem Karoli Baba.
Vocal Training – Opening the voice and learning to love the sound that comes from our bodies.
Rhythm – Beginning to understand the rhythms associated with Kirtan.
Learning Harmonium – Gaining a beginning understanding of the rudiments of harmonium for accompanying Kirtans.
~~~~~~~~~~ Hari Om ~~~~~~~~~~
Where: San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo, Northern California Website:http://sfts.edu Price:
Early Bhakti Bird: $1,008.00 pay in full by March 1st.
Bhakti Bird: $1250.00 after March 1.
Deposit of $600 (non-refundable). Cancellation Policy:
Deposit of $600 is non-refundable.
50% of remainder, if cancellation is done by July 1.
100% Non-refundable after August 1.
For more information call Nubia at 415-963-3551
Email: registration@jaiuttal.com or nubiacoruja@gmail.com
