Enjoy concerts, lectures, workshops, retreats, seminars that combine informative teaching with interactive learning and spiritual experience at prestigious learning centers and retreat facilities around the country.
On The Wings of Ecstasy: The Fourth Interfaith Devortional Singing and Sacred Dance Festival
I am honored to be a part of the Interfaith Devotional Singing and Sacred Dance Festivals inspired by Swami Vishnudevananda’s mission to bring together people from all faiths. The heart-opening practice of devotional song and dance is a powerful uniting force, and there is always a sharing of much joy and celebration during the Interfaith Music and Dance Festivals at this special Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas.
Putting the East Back in Easter: A Yogic Easter Retreat
What better way to spend your Easter weekend than to open the door to profound mystical consciousness? Yoga shares many common values, objectives, and experiences with the deeper aspects of the Christian mystical tradition. During this weekend, we will explore what it means to be a mystic in the fullest sense of the word, drawing inspiration from the teachings of Jesus and the great Christian mystics as well as eminent rishis and yogis of the Indian tradition. This dialogue between depth yoga and depth Christianity is a conversation that can greatly enhance the experience and practice of yoga.
Pankaj and Ajay Sharma, a devotional music duo, will accompany Russill throughout the weekend on vocals and Indian percussion instruments.
Come prepared to liberate your voice and dance your prayers to rich musical accompaniment with Russill Paul and Kripalu musicians. Also joined by Pankay and Ajay Sharma. The intention of this evening’s kirtan is moksha, the liberation of the soul that is the true significance of Easter.
Admission: $10 for general public; free for in-house guests and participants in Putting the East Back in Easter: A Yogic Easter Retreat
A Weekend on understanding how to integrate the Power of Sound into your personal and spiritual life.
ONLY A FEW SPACES REMAIN OPEN. For more information or to reserve your place, please contact Reverend Ben Fowler at 207-351-1985 or email him at revbenfowler@gmail.com.
FRIDAY EVENING FROM 7:30 TO ABOUT 10:00 PM ON MAY 15TH
THE NOTTINGHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH, IN NOTTINGHAM, NH
I return joyfully to The Nottingham Community Church on May 15th, 16th and 17th, 2009 for and a concert/kirtan on Friday evening from 7:30 to about 10:00, a workshop to develop skills in chanting and meditation that will run most of the day Saturday from 9:00 AM to about 9:00 PM, with lunch included and time off for dinner.
MAY 16 WORKSHOP IS FULL!
On Sunday, I will join Rev. Ben Fowler, the minister, for the usual worship service at the church from 10:00 to 11:00 and will conclude the weekend with more chant and meditation from 1:00 PM until about 3:30 PM. Lunch is also included for Sunday
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE IS OPEN
This is an open dialog between Rev. Ben Fowler and myself on the theme of interspirituality. Join us for a wonderful morning of discussion and great music.
Nottingham Community Church is an intimate setting with exquisite acoustics. I encourage everyone in the area to make the effort to come to this very special event that I will present in collaboration with Rev. Ben Fowler who is himself a talented musician and singer.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON CLOSURE TO THE WEEKEND IS OPEN
The cost for the full weekend, including Friday Night is $200.00, for Saturday and Sunday alone is $210. The individual event elements cost as follows: Friday night Concert/kirtan: 15$ with reservations, $20.00 at the door. Saturday workshop: $175.00. Church service: by donation. Sunday afternoon: $50.00. There will be a nominal limit of 30 participants on Saturday and Sunday.
INTERSPIRITUAL AND INTERFAITH EVENTS: WORKSHOP, CONCERT, MEDITATION
Kirtan: Evening of July 24th, 7:00 PM to 10:00 pm
Tickets $25.00 in advance. $30.00 the day of the event. Register online and bring your receipt to avoid picking up tickets at the door. Click here to register for Kirtan ...
I will be offering both a concert and a workshop and other related events as part of the phenomenal work of The Meditation Center that is based in Minneapolis and serves as a resource of the Himalayan Tradition, which was established in the West by Swami Rama of the Himalayas. The events during these conferences will also feature Swami Veda Bharati, the main spokesperson for the center and a tireless advocate for interfaith unity, as well Swami Ritavan Bharati, also a swami with the organization. Venue: University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
Leave your worries behind and allow the sacred power of sound to bring you fully alive in a workshop that blends high energy chanting with devotional bliss. Alternating between dancing and chanting mantras in ecstatic kirtan, and connecting to profound states of meditation through internal mantra recitation, the power of this weekend will remain with you long after you return home.
An estatic evening of call-and-response chanting that captures the authentic yogic power of mantra. I will be accompanied by the Sharma Brothers and Kripalu’s phenomenal drum group, KDZ.
Admission: $10 for general public; free for in-house guests.
Program Title: The Power of Sacred Sound: Harmonics for Healing and Transformation
Join me and other sound healing proponents -- Jonathan and Andi Goldman, and Carol Bush -- for an extraordinary weekend that explores the power of sacred music and sound for healing and transformation.
For quite a number of years, I have travelled to historic Eureka Springs in Arkansas to chant and pray with an amazing community of yogis, Sufis and spiritual seekers. The retreat is held at Little Portion, a beautiful monastic retreat facility in the Ozarks founded by famed spiritual musician, John Michael Talbot. In a secluded chapel created from resonating wood and overlooking a spectacular mountain range, we chant and move and meditate for a whole weekend. Join us for a deep and powerful experience at this cosmic portal.
The workshop will take place on September 26 from 9:30 to 5:00 p.m. with an evening concert from 7-9.
Registration will take place at 9 a.m.
Sunday's workshop will be from 9:30 to 4 p.m.
Cost for early registration is $160.00 which includes lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and
lunch on Sunday.
I am delighted to be doing this benefit concert hosted by the Mind, Body, Spirit Expo at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Proceeds to benefit Center for Advancement in Cancer Education (www.beatcancer.org) and Hari Om Mandir. I will be joined by the Sharma Brothers – Ajay and Pankaj – and musician Ramesh of the kirtan band, The Sounds of Silence. Please join us for this celebration in support of a great cause.
JESUS IN THE LOTUS: OPEN THE DOOR TO PROFOUND MYSTICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
A Weekend of High Energy Chanting
Explore what it means to be a mystic in the fullest sense of the word, drawing inspiration from the teachings of Jesus and the great Christian mystics as well as eminent rishis and yogis of the Indian tradition.
I will be presenting this retreat together with Sound of Silence, a phenomenal kirtan group consisting of the Sharma Brothers and Ramesh Vargai. This is at the Sharma family temple, a holy and ecstatic venue:
A Chanting Pilgrimage and Meditation Retreat in South India
Join us on our twelfth chanting pilgrimage and retreat in South India, “Journey to Find the Other Half of the Soul”. We will be adding a special weeklong extension retreat titled, “Journey into Transformative Silence” and a trip to the sacred mountain of Arunachala after the main pilgrimage is complete. This will be in February 2010.
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