Sat nam friends!

The weekend of May 2-3 was just magnificent!! On Saturday, over 40 of us attended our beloved  GuruGanesha Singh's always uplifting and heart-opening workshop at the Adi Shakti. He loves to call our studio an Ashram (meaning the teacher's house) as he feels all the love, care and sacredness we have been pouring into the Adi Shakti Yoga Centre for nearly 6 years. He told us some inspiring stories of his yogic path, taught us a powerful prosperity meditation that worked unfailingly for him in the years that he applied it daily for 62 minutes. We danced, we sang, we laughed, we may even have shed a tear of bliss or two while being transported in the sound current of a mantra accompanied by his guitar. I had the great blessing of having him stay at my house two nights. He graced my family's home with beautiful music, including preliminary recordings of the new Snatam Kaur album coming out in June 2009. We sat over breakfast enjoying these mosaics of sound. Just wait till you hear these pieces!! Ohhh... like me you will probably melt into a little pool of surrender and bliss as you absorb the sounds and words of healing. What a treat!

And on Sunday, May 3 at Centretown United Church we thoroughly enjoyed the Snatam Kaur Sacred Chant Concert. Musicians Snatam, GuruGanesha, Manish Vyas and Tanmayo absolutely blew us away with their combined mastery!! An unexpected treat was Tanmayo's celtic fiddling during a solo. As she's from Scotland it comes quite naturally! Manish awed us with his impressive skill on tablas (Indian drums) and his Indian classically trained voice. It just took you straight to the heavens in an undulating spiral! And of course Snatam is in peak form since returning to the stage after giving birth. She says her voice is lower now than it was before pregnancy. And more angelic than ever!! I wish to thank Tara Cartland and Vani Porter of the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre (www.ottawayoga.com) for co-hosting these two events with us this weekend. They are truly a gift. Big hugs to you, sister yoginis!

Make sure to save your spot for our monthly Gong & Mantra Relaxation Evenings. No yoga experience required... in fact if you know how to lie down & snooze, you're already qualified! Release and relax to the amazing sound of the Gong for an hour, accompanied by a few notes from our quartz singing bowl (...ours activates your pineal gland for deep healing. When the pineal gland secretes, its special hormone that can heal any damaged cell, even the cancerous ones... deep meditation also activates your pineal gland ), always followed by a simple group meditation. Return home refreshed, blissful and peaceful. Next date: Sunday, May 17. 

Bring your groove-thing, maybe a hip scarf and your fun side this Sunday June 7, Noon to 1 p.m.  http://www.adishaktiyogacentre.com/bhangra_workshop.html for some calorie-burnin', shoulder shakin' Bhangra dancing with Mukande, the Queen of Bhangra in Ottawa! Enjoy Bollywood-style Bhangra classes while you can - This is Mukande's last class before she leaves Ottawa to do her Masters degree at Concordia University! We will miss her! ...sniff... Good luck, little sister of mine! 

Circle Saturday May 23 on your calendar for our Fearless Cooking Class: Yogi's Spring Cleanse with Kulmeet Garand. We always learn so much about healthy, delicious & healing cooking when Kulmeet comes to teach http://www.adishaktiyogacentre.com/fearlesscooking.html She is a specialist in Ayurvedic health. You can be sure there will be plenty of eating as it is always a feast of the senses!!! Cleansing never tasted so good!!

T'is always a pleasure to serve! Come and Feel Great... One Breath at a Time!

In service & gratitude,