ChantLanta Presents a Devotional Weekend with Shyamdas!

June 15th & 17th
at The Selah Center
1085 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
www.selahcenteratlanta.org

Friday, June 15th, 8 pm
Kirtan with Shyamdas & Friends
$20 in advance
$25 at the door

Sunday, June 17th, 2-5 pm
Bhakti Yoga Workshop &
Satsang with Shyamdas
$30 in advance
$40 at the door

Weekend Passes!
$40 (advance sales only)

Visit http://www.chantlanta.org/ for advance tickets.

Shyamdas will be offering Kirtan and Bhakti Yoga Teachings in Central Florida at the following locations:

Friday, May 25 in Tampa at Treehouse Yoga www.treehouseyoga.com at 7:30pm $15-$20 suggested offering.

Saturday, May 26 at Red Sun Yoga in Winter Springs www.redsunyoga.com at 7:30pm $15-$20 suggested offering.

Sunday, May 27 in Casselberry at the Hindu Temple of Central Florida, www.hindutempleorlando.org Come for lunch at 1:00pm ~~~Kirtan Mini Camp starts at 2:00pm in the “havan room” right next to the Temple $15-$20 suggested offering.

Sunday, May 27 at Red Sun Yoga in Winter Springs, Shyamdas Kirtan and teaches the Narada Bhakti Sutras This gem is available for purchase for $5.50, plus shipping at www.ramakrishna.org on line bookstore. There are many other great books there for purchase. A copy of the Narada Bhakti Sutra is not required to attend this session. $15-$20 suggested offering.

Monday, Memorial Day, May 28 Kirtan with Shyamdas at Discovery Yoga in St. Augustine www.discoveryyoga.com at 7pm $15-$20 suggested offering Ann Kiyonaga-Razon and Didier Razon are hosting Shyamdas at Discovery Yoga.

Tuesday, May 29 and Wednesday, May 30 Kirtan and Bhakti Teachings at Love Yoga Center in Naples www.loveyogacenter.com Contact Carla for time and details at (239) 692-9747.

On a final note, Shyamdas and his hosts would like for everyone to be able to attend and benefit from these programs. If money is short, please come and offer whatever you can. These teachings are for everyone, so come and enjoy. Join us in the bhav with Shyamdas in Florida!

The Boatful of Bhajan Sails Again!
Athens, NY
Saturday May 19, 2012
3 – 6 pm

Aum Aboard! The Spring 2012 Boatful of Bhajan rides again along the Hudson River, departing from Athens, NY. Please join us for an amazing three hour kirtan extravaganza! This pot-luck Mantralogy cruise features kirtan singers and musicians Shyamdas, Shruti Ram, Ishwari, Arundhati, Erhen, Nina Rao and others.

If you would like to join the May 19 cruise, send an e-mail to iamshyam@aol.com to reserve your seat. You must also send a check for $40 to Sacred Woods at this address:

Sacred Woods
112 N.Walnut St., Suite 1000
Bloomington, IN 47404

Be sure to put your email address on the check or in the envelope so we can tell who you are! We will then send you the final details. This event will sell out fast, and only a limited number of participants can board the boat. The charge for this sailing will be $40 per person, with all profits being donated to Food for Life located in Vrindavan, India. Visit their website at www.fflvrindavan.org

Summer is upon us! Shyamdas has returned from India and is on the road again to bring us the ecstatic chanting and teachings that we’ve missed during the winter months. Feel free to browse our summer events for concerts and teachings in your area. Also, don’t forget to “like” Shyamdas on Facebook to keep up-to-date on all the latest news, last-minute events and announcements throughout the year.

Some upcoming events include:

Save the Date!
HUDSON RIVER BHAJAN BOAT
Saturday, May 19, 2012, 2:00 p.m.

Don’t miss the first Bhajan Boat of the 2012 season!

This is one of the Hudson Valley Bhakti Yoga Community’s favorite events. Details will be finalized as soon as Shyam Das and other particicpants return from India. This trip generally fills up quickly. If you’d like us to put your name on the list, please e-mail Shyam Das at IAMSHYAM@aol.com. Thank you, and stay tuned for more updates!

The Omega Institute is proud to present the Spring Ecstatic Chant for 2012 from May 4-6 in Rhinebeck, NY.

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 unifying 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.

Save $50 on the Labor Day weekend Ecstatic Chant workshop when you attend Spring Ecstatic Chant. This offer cannot be combined with other discounts. Teachers are subject to change.

Tickets are available HERE.

The retreat includes:

• Daily kirtan and satsang with Shyamdas
• Special access to evening kirtans with Deva Premal and Miten
• Daily 2 hour Jivamukti Yoga class with John Smrtic
• 7 nights’ accommodations
• 3 meals per day
• Full beach access
• Use of the infinity swimming pool
• Wi-Fi access throughout the main building
• Transfer to and from Liberia airport and Blue Spirit

Shyamdas has lived in India for nearly 40 years exploring the arts of puja and celebration. A prolific translator and writer, he has more than 20 books on bhakti yoga—the yoga of devotion—and sacred chant, divine service, puja, and Vedanta. He originally studied with Neem Karoli Baba and later with His Holiness Goswami Prathameshji. Shyamdas has also studied classical Indian music and specializes in classical dhrupada music of the mystic poets of North India. He teaches and performs internationally and his numerous CDs include Beloved Chants and Cool Dual.

John will utilize teachings from Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra and even the lilas of Shri Krishna as a springboard to launch us into our daily Jivamukti Yoga practice. Each session will include an uplifting yet challenging asana practice from an intelligently sequenced vinyasa format, blissfully intertwined with a thematic Bhakti Groove music mix to keep us in the bhav! The extended class format will also allow for deep relaxation and meditation, to start each day off just right.

John Smrtic, J.D., E-RYT, is an Albany, NY based Jivamukti Yoga teacher who has spent a rare 600+ hours in front of his teachers and Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon and David Life. Soaked in this direct transmission, John is passionate to convey their teachings and method as purely as possible. Using these teachings and traditional yogic scripture as a foundation, John blends wit, music and challenging, intelligently sequenced asana from a vinyasa format to make each class a unique experience. John has gained acclaim for his class music mixes, affectionately referred to as Bhakti Groove. Check John out atwww.bhaktigrooveyoga.com

“Thirty million Americans and countless millions worldwide have taken up a practice that is transforming their lives. Follow filmmaker Suzanne Bryant as she meets with the most prominent Yoga Gurus and teachers in the west and travels to India to explore the power of this ancient practice. Along the way she discovers what YOGA IS.”

Look forward to the premier of the new film featuring interviews with Shyamdas, Krishnadas and many more next week when “Yoga Is” premiers next week!

For more information about the film and filmaker and to request a screening, please visit http://www.yogais.com.

Deva Premal’s new music album, Password, is now available through iTunes and White Swan Musica:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/password/id459242568

“Mantras are passwords that transform the mundane into the sacred,” says Deva Premal. Password represents a shift in direction for Deva and Miten, with the introduction of Danish producer RajRishi, who brought the cream of Copenhagen’s jazz players into the mix. The result is a substantial, musically refined album with sublime arrangements of ancient mantras, complementing Deva’s soulful vocals.

You can enjoy a short sample of Deva’s work at the following address: http://whiteswanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shyam-prabhu-mix