Bhagavan Das
Retreats
Bhakti Fest 2010: Four Days of Yoga and Kirtan in Joshua Tree
- Who: A ton of people. Lots of big name yogis like Shiva Rea and Sara Ivanhoe, and a major gang of kirtan artists including Krishna Das, Bhagavan Das, Dave Stringer, and MC Yogi.
- What: A four-day yoga music festival in the desert. Think lots of kirtan, lots of yoga, plus meditation lectures, seminars, and fire ceremonies galore.
- When: September 9-12, 2010
- Where: Joshua Tree, CA
Your Playlists
Cooler Yoga Music: "The Yoga Sessions"
What makes good yoga music? Sitar? Chanting? The kirtan crowd leans that way, and they seem to be having a marvelous time. But Yoga Organix begs to differ. Yoga instructor Derek Beres has a following at Equinox, but he also has a following as DJ and music journalist, and now YogaOrganix is putting out his first yoga music album. Together he and David "Duke Mushroom" Schommer are EarthRise Sound System, and they describe their new album, "The Yoga Sessions," as "percussively rich" and "dubby." Set for a 1/1/2010 release, the tracks are apparently intended to be as good in a club as they are in a yoga class. So if you could use a little break from Bhagavan Das (not that you don't love him!) consider slipping "The Yoga Sessions" to your yoga teacher as a little New Year's present.
i did it! ok there's 2 more days but wooooo!
I went GOT PAID to go to a YSL perfume launch party last night! hells yes, I was hired as an artist to put together a troupe of over-the-top-costumers! THAT is the life! Top shelf liquor, french perfume being pretty much pumped through the air vents, silver trays of macaroons...oh shucks, I couldn't have EITHER!!! Darn SW feat love!
More...Events
Halloween Kirtan At Jivamukti
If the thought of having to scrounge up super-sexy plans this Halloween weekend fills your mellow, anti-social yogic heart with dread, consider this: Tomorrow night at Jivamukti, Bhagavan Das is leading a kirtan. Go with your like-minded spiritual, misanthropic friends, drink some agave nectar and chant like hell to the Gods. Then rush home to binge on Hershey's kisses.
- Who: Bhagavan Das
- What: Kirtan
- Where: Jivamukti Yoga Center
- When: October 30, 8:30
Yoga News
Practice Bhakti Yoga With An Old Bearded Yogi This Weekend
- Where: Laughing Lotus. 59 West 9th Street. Third Floor.
- What: Bhakti Yoga Workshop with Bhagavan Das
- When: Sunday, October 18th. 2:30-4:30.
- How much: $35
Public Policy
Downward Facing September
We've just learned that September has been declared National Yoga Month. This will be the first year, very exciting, which means it's also sort of a trial run. Important to plan ahead, visualize, set an intention. Here, then, are the top ten things we hope will go down during National Yoga Month....
- Tree pose and Lotus on mass transit.
- Essential oils, always.
- Intensive mutual temple rubbing, mid conversation. (Ref. #9).
- Yoga pants at cocktail parties, with heels.
- Spontaneous "adjustments" of office mates.
- Kombucha instead of Apple Juice -- and sticky mats -- at recess.
- On the FM dial, Bhagavan Das breaks into hip hop rotation.
- Obamas host dawn Mysore classes on White House lawn, next to vegetable garden.
- "Please” and “Thank You” replaced by
“Om” and “Namaste.” - Washington Monument wreathed in patchoulis and lit.