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Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment17/52 The Boatman Carrying People Across to Holy Island - A Quick Conversation with Author Gerard MaddenGerard Madden is a native of Whitegate, County Clare, and is the author of numerous books dealing with local history and the ancestry of Irish families. He authored the histories of Holy Island, Scariff, Mountshannon and Tuamgraney. He is also editor and frequent author of the East Clare Heritage Sliabh Aughty Journal and a boatman of 32 years. This conversation was recorded while I was with my daughter Isabel of five years, after a boat tide to Holy Island recently. Gerard or 'Ger' as he is known around here is a prolific writer and historian as well as a boatman. He is sugge...2023-08-1311 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment15/52 Governments Role in Supporting Music/Arts According to P.R Sarkar plus a New Kiirtan TrackIn this podcast I share a new recording of a kiirtan track being released soon with Unity Hours IV songs and discuss some thoughts and readings by P.R Sarkar on the duty of a government to support the arts and musicians. Cezanne could live on the smell of an oily rag but can we? hear the complete song album here: https://jyoshna.bandcamp.com/album/unity-hours-iv2023-06-1212 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment11/52 - What happens when you say "Im not going to...in front of the guru " - Kapil's story from 1970 when Baba gave kiirtanKapil's stories are quite humorous coming from someone who knew nothing about Baba previously to going to India. Kapil was there in 1970 just after Baba gave Baba Nam kevalam kiirtan. Heres a short excerpt from a casual conversation we had about kiirtan and Kapil's spiritual experiences in those very early days with Baba.Kapil will be coming to the Kiirtan Academy Monthlies to give a talk in the new year so he can give more details then. I leave you with the song 'We are not Alone' from Unity Hours IV. https://jyoshna.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-not-alone2022-11-2721 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment10/52 How to Empower Women and Empower the WorldThis week has been an incredible week in NZ for women's empowerment. First we had the Topp Twins Tribute Concert on the7th Nov then the Black Ferns win over England at the Rugby Women's World Cup on Saturday. Women are showing themselves as the vanguards of the revolution in all spheres of life, may it roll on! I finish with the song 'Sing a song Holiday' for all of those incredibly hard working women out there. This song is available on the album Unity Hours IV, here: https://jyoshna.bandcamp.com/album/unity-hours-iv2022-11-1510 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment9/52 Kiirtan Day (Divas) and What Does it Mean To Do 'Baba Nam Kevalam' Kiirtan?In this podcast I interview Didi Ananda Arpana on this very significant day of 'Kiirtan Divas'. On October 8th in 1970 Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji gave the universal mantra Baba Nam Kevalam so that everyone could experience bliss and the feeling of being sheltered within the divine. Didiji shares her experience strengths and hope and then I end with a devotional song from Unity Hours IV and Baba Nam Kevalam. To check out Unity Hours IV, Click here: https://jyoshna.bandcamp.com/album/unity-hours-iv2022-10-0832 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment8/52 Moving from One side of the World to Another or From the City to The Country - Reflections by Jyoshna and Sukhadeva (Sam Teliandis)Moving can be an adventure as well as a challenge. I reflect on my move from the northern to the southern hemispheres and Sam Teliandis Sukhadeva from the city of Melbourne to the countryside of Queensland, Australia. I end with a new song/kiirtan in the making. To check out the new album Unity Hours IV, click here: https://jyoshna.bandcamp.com/album/unity-hours-IV2022-10-0513 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment07/52 Launching Unity Hours IV Album in Ireland - Giving Back to Our CommunitiesThe most fulfilling experience from launching the album Unity Hours IV was the opportunity to give back to my community through love and music. In this podcast I give thanks to those who supported me and share some thoughts about the album launch. Giving back to my community is something very important to me. Each of us has been given a gift of Dharma (innate characteristic or spirit) in our lives and to be able to express this, to give ones gift, whatever it may be, is the most soul nourishing experience. I end the podcast with a review...2022-09-1111 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment348/365 Kiirtan from The Feminine- NZ Yoga Day Video ReleaseHere it is, the edited video of Kiirtan from the Feminine. On the occasion of NZ Yoga Day some local women decided to get together and share some kiirtan to celebrate NZ Yoga Day 2021. They are, Group 1: Jyoshna LaTrobe (Guitar/singing) , Sarasvati Willis (Flute/Singing), Tonya Wyatt (singing) Emere McDonald (Piano, Singing); Angie Bao; Sarah Spence (Premratna (Guitar/Singing), Emma Skellern (Drum/Singing), Melanie Hight (Guitar/Singing), Fern Watson (Harmonium/Singing); Video Editor: by Aston Garratt. You Tube Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHr0mwNPKbA2021-11-2627 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment289/365 Five Primary Ways P.R Sarkar (Baba) has Contributed to Kiirtan - Preping for my Presentation tomorrow nightFrom my Understanding there are Five Primary Ways Baba has contributed to Kiirtan.. including Kiirtan dance or Laliita Marmika created by Parvati.. Then I sing the most popular Birthday song in Prabhat Samgiit no 135. If you want the musical notation just email me at jyoshna@jyoshnamusic.com. 2021-05-2908 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment288/365 Free Gifts on Baba's Birthday - Musical Scores of Divine Birthday Songs from Prabhat SamgiitTonight I sing Janama Lagane, A Birthday song, less well known, but divine nevertheless. Do you want the musical scores of Janama Lagane (134), Janma Dine (135) and Tumi Jakhan Esechile (903)? I have transcribed these three songs from recordings by Dada Priyashivananda's recordings and had them checked by Madhumita in NZ with the Bengali notation. They are transcribed in western notation with guitar chords as close to the original as possible. So if you would like a copy just email me at: jyoshna@jyoshnamusic.com. Thanks. 2021-05-2807 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment253-4/365 Three Things I have learnt as co-mother of Isabel?I love being co-mother to Isabel, its amazing, its taught me so much about love, but It hasn't all been plain sailing. Tonight I talk about a few things Ive learnt over these past three years. I end with a song with lyrics by my mother Toni La Trobe. Check out the Kiirtan Course here: https://jyoshnaad5185.clickfunnels.com/sales-pagebfstu4s82021-04-0417 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment243/365 Ten Dont's of Kiirtan to remind us of what we Do wantThe Ten Don'ts of Kiirtan are a reminder of things that we DO want in Kiirtan, like an ecstatic flow, spiritual ideation, continuous harmonious sound, and sublime melodies. Listen here and send your voice message. I end with the Kiirtan called 'Finally' from the album Era Dynamic available on my website www.jyoshna@jyoshnamusic.com 2021-03-1712 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment181/365 The Day Before the Album Launch -Tired but Excited! Only one night to go till the album launch and mid way in my podcasts, that means tomorrow will be no 182 of 365! .And I am Inspired by a Baul verse, so I end with a Baul song 'Bandhu Amar by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. For Saturday nights launch come at 8.30 pm Irish time, its here: https://www.facebook.com/jyoshna.latrobe/ or https://www.facebook.com/RAWA-Renaissance-Artists-and-Writers-Association-Global-1045438179118592020-12-1908 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment96/365 Denise Glass playes authentic Irish Fiddle with me plus Alexander McDonnel's interview with me on his podcastTonight I visited Denise Glass and recorded the two of us playing Dharma Amari Sathe, 'Dharma is my friend' . I then recorded Alexanders interview with me, as I wanted to share information about kiirtan in case its still a mystery to anyone who doesn't know whats going on with the Kiirtan Academy.2020-09-1131 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment95/365 Sometimes theres nothing i can say.. I can only sing...Theres no pain greater than love. If I could swim the ocean, I would swim to your side, not a single motion, would be a waste of time, and I wont give in, like a gentle dove, cos theres no pain greater than love....2020-09-1005 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment94/365 How to celebrate my dads birthday with a songIts my Dads birthday today, he passed away in 1996. I owe him so much and I am remembering what he said to me, the last thing he said actually.... I love you Dad, and I miss eating rice pudding with you.. but heres an Indian birthday song for you... Janma titiithe... by P.R Sarkar.. 2020-09-0909 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment93/365 How to Engage with Teenagers...?Being and Teaching Teenagers is on the one hand very exciting, and on the other hand quite challenging, would you agree? I am digging down deep now to remember what it was like being a teenager again :) 2020-09-0805 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment92/365 How to connect with the landscape from where the music comes from - a conversation with JensJens is a musician friend of mine, living in Kilkenny. His enthusiasm for music is contagious and his willingness to play anything with anyone makes him the life of the party. Here we are having a chat about his background and his love of music. We end with a short jam on 'Starlight' kiirtan. 2020-09-0726 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment91/365 How one song can sum up our day- 'Consciousness'Today I realised how fortunate I am to have the opportunity to share my experience, strength and intuition in my teaching practice. I also drove 5 hours in total to visit the Hot Seaweed Baths and walk around the coastline of Strandhill in Sligo, Ireland, and it was worth it. Overall I am feeling very tired but grateful! https://www.kiirtanacademy.com/sales-pageup9kdkx22020-09-0608 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment90/365 My Mum- And How to be in the Flow of LifeTonight I talk with my dear friend Jiivan about our mothers and what was their most memorable characteristic. For Jiivan it was his mothers service to others, the way she loved to make food for those in need and was always contributing, helping at funerals and hospitals for example. My Mum, Toni Latrobe as she liked to be called, was a mother of five children, four of which survived. She was a stay at home Mum, as most were in those days, with a huge potential for communication. She embodies devotion for me -.in the way she sang, i...2020-09-0529 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment89/365 Which of the original versions of Tiny Green Island do you prefer?89/365 Tiny Green Island- One of the most popular songs at Yoga Gatherings around the world. On Prabhat Samgiita net you will find the original recorded versions of Prabhat Samgiita songs. But what do you do when here are two original versions?, as it is with 'Tiny Green Island', a beautiful English song in Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar's Collection, recorded by Dada Priiyashivananda. . Here I sing the second version, the one not commonly heard, but more celestial i think. 2020-09-0405 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment88/365 The Favourite album of my daughter- Reddish Blossom,Tonight I sing Raktim Kishalay or Reddish Leaf. My daughter has wanted to listen to the album 'Reddish Blossom' for the past six months. Shes only two and a half and she just loves Prabhat Samgiit songs. They seem to have a very soothing and uplifting effect on her. Click below to check out the Kiirtan Academy https://www.kiirtanacademy.com/sales-pageup9kdkx22020-09-0308 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment87/365 How to Save Myself in the London Underground - 'Never will I let my mind go Down'- Manke Kono Choto KajeI talk briefly about a few reasons from my experience why people exploit LBGT people and anyone who is more vulnerable in our society and then I sing a Bengali song called Manke Kono (Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar), which saved me from feeling overwhelmed by heavy energies in the London Underground when I was busking there in the past. I found it was really powerful in shifting that dark energy and bringing light again. Click below to see NRTVs episode on my music in the LU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRoomIyJRk&t=1422s2020-09-0210 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment86/365 A song called 'We Are Not Alone' for you, me, anyone who feels being 'different' is not the 'norm'.In this podcast I sing a song called 'We are Not alone', a song dedicated to those of us who feel that 'different' through no fault of our own. Maybe we're Third gender, black, white, green, whatever it may be!, we know that diversity is the law of nature and in essence we are one universal family. 2020-09-0106 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment85/365 Mudita and friends- the Torch bearers-Mudita and friends are holding the torch with their 'Australian Kiirtan for Connection' going every day for 5 months. In this interview Mudita shares her experiences as a sound therapist and kiiirtaniya in Australia with all the isolation during Covid 19. I end with a kiirtan recorded today at Fanora beach in the Burren, with the sound of lapping waves in front of us. Please click here to check out the Kiiran Academy Monthly Sessions https://www.kiirtanacademy.com/sales-pageup9kdkx22020-08-3140 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment84/365 How to be a Cat Mother and Kiirtan Lover - An Interview with Sharala from IsraelDuring the Kiirtan Academy Course recently Sharala would always amaze us with her cat stories, so I thought i wold invite her to come and share them with you all. and her beautiful kiirtan. Actually, everyone who participated in the first Online Kiirtan Academy Course, sang beautifully, with heart and soul and had their very own unique style. Listen to Sharala here: https://soundcloud.com/sarala-devi 2020-08-2936 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment83/365 How to sing a little Kiirtan improv late at night without waking the neighbours!Tonight I talk briefly about a wonderful kiirtan session we had with just the three of us, we were sharing and then we really got down to the nuts and bolts of kiirtan practice. I then sing a little improv kiirtan just to relax at the end of a long week. Just a reminder, who not come and join us in the next Kiirtan Academy Session on Friday the 4th. I have no doubt that you will get plenty of information, good connections and personal transformation out of it! If not, I will guarantee your money back! Heres the l...2020-08-2906 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment82/365 How a song can lift you up, when its about social justice and equality- The Prout SongTonight I was playing different songs and this one seemed to fit with my mood. Its E Gan Thamibe na by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, a song about social justice and equality, also called the Prout song, which stands for Progressive Utilisation Theory. You can check Prout out on https://prout.info/ and Wikipedia. 2020-08-2806 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment81/365 How to Soothe Animals with kiirtan- an Interview with Harpist Vimukti Warr I am speaking to Vimukti Warr this evening, an old friend, musician and healer from Australia. As she talks about playing therapeutic music to animals I feel inspired to play outside more to the neighbours horses, as well as the domestic animals. on the farm. Vimukti speaks about her life, how she she started with little confidence and then developed musically so that now she plays harp and sings kiirtan for animals that are traumatised, and works with the International Harp Therapy Programme. 2020-08-2732 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment80/365 How to Make an Effort to Inspire Myself and Others - Launching the Kiirtan Academy Monthly SessionsTonight I talk briefly about a music school and kiirtan festivals I was fortunate enough to initiate in New Zealand previously and now the Kiirtan Academy which is the most exciting one to date. I also sing a kiirtan from the Philippines, which is one of my favourites, and one I sang often for Baba when visiting India. 2020-08-2608 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment79/365 How 'Lighthouse on the Cliff' song really expresses how I felt on the Aran IslandsBeing in the Aran Islands this weekend was really amazing and while I was there, this song was just going over and over in my heart. So here it is, Lighthouse on the Cliff, written in the 80s, and sung for the first time in a very long time. It really sums up how I felt in the Aran Islands. 2020-08-2510 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment78/365 How to feel a natural kind of peace - Aran IslandsMy first trip to the Aran Islands the western most tip of Europe we visit the oldest Ringfort in Europe, 3500 years old. Even though we were told there wasn’t any traditional music on the island cos of Covid we managed to find some. Listen here ...2020-08-2305 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment77/365 How to Transform my Feeling about a Song without Losing the Message - Angel.I was asking myself the question how would Chopin feel, when the song Angel came to me, a song about unrequited love. But after singing Baba Nam Kevalam Kiirtan to it yesterday, I now see it in a completely different light. Its also a song about divine love, ideal love as well as human love, where the little soul wants to merge into the Cosmic Soul. The image is of a sculpture by Brendan Rawlings. 2020-08-2307 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment76/365 Jyotsna Dile.. my Default Kiirtan tune and How to calm yourself when theres a raging storm outside?Jyotsna (the Bengali spelling) Dile.The other night, during the storm here in Co Clare, I was singing a kiirtan from the song Jyotsna (the Bengali spelling) Dile. When a song has your name in it, then of course you take it personally. Thats how I feel about this song, no 3069 of Prabhat Samgiit. The tune from this song is my Default Kiirtan that I sing when I really need to calm myself or just happily going about my day. Here I am singing it for you. 2020-08-2209 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment75/365 'Occen' A song About Fearful Love becoming Fearless LoveWhen our volunteer on the farm asked me today asked me what is "your nearest and dearest one"?, in relation to the meaning of the universal mantra Baba Nam kevalam. I had to really think about what to say...So here's a song Occen.. that relates to my feeling about it, a little story about fearful love becoming fearless love.2020-08-2007 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment74/365 Song For Dad and Some Good and Some Bad NewsSometimes its hard to feel whats going on in the world right now, especially with people feeling the deep sadness of loosing loved ones, we all feel it. Thats the bad news. But the good news is that in places like Rarh, in India, they believe that kiirtan carries the soul to the Supreme Soul, to its final destination, so thats a very beautiful thought. I am singing a song I wrote for my Dad when he passed away in 1996, followed by a kiirtan. Then I talk briefly about the Course feedback given by some participants today, which I...2020-08-1914 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment73/365 How I Wrote my First Bhajan and Got out of Speaking after Group MeditationI wasn't into public speaking at all when I was young, music was the way I expressed myself, luckily. I learnt meditation when I was 18, and I remember how difficult it was to sit for a long time in those early days, 15 mins was my max. When I was asked to speak after group meditation one day, I thought no way! So i went outside and I wrote my first bhajan called 'You're New to me' and sang it after Dharmacakra, 'group meditation'. Here I sing it for you after many years. 2020-08-1805 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment72/365 How to be Mesmerised by the beauty and diversity of Rarhi Kiirtan.Spending time singing Daspera Raginii with Tinkuda on the back of the motorbike, was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. This was while doing my fieldwork in Rarh, north east India, a region that is rich in music culture and spirituality. Today I am singing Daspera Raginii melody for you, which is just a small segment of the actual raginii that is performed with the khol drum tals. The two are interwoven so perfectly in Rarhi kiirtan. To hear the Kostuka group sing Daspera, with the khol drums and cymbals is something else. https://www.youtube.com...2020-08-1716 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment71/365 Why I just can't stop loving the Tiny Green Island Song71/365 Tiny Green Island by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has been sung all over the world. It has been translated into many languages including Spanish, Portuguese and Irish. Its still one of my favourites and I have recorded it twice (on Touched by the Sea album in 1994 and Avarta Kiirtan II album in Ireland in 2018) and could keep on recoding it, again and again with different arrangements. Click below to hear it in Irish and English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xBNtXo1qE2020-08-1607 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment70/365 A Beautiful Song for a Beautiful Soul on a Fast dayToday on -Ekadashi (fast day)- I talk about what its like to fast every two weeks. I also saw a facebook post about George Stinney Jnr. When I read about terrible injustices done to innocent people, plants, animals, whatever, it makes me so sad, to put it mildly. It reminds of the song by P.R Sarkar called Manus Sabai Apan (no 1040 Prabhat Samgiit Collection). So today I am singing this song to keep in mind, that actually racism or any kind of 'ism' blinds us to the reality that we have so more in common with each oth...2020-08-1409 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment69/365 Why this song is my Most Favourite of the New Dawn Collection (Prabhat Samgiita)With everyone facing Covid, I think this song is so pertinent and relevant in the present situation. Jhirnu Vishirnu, or song of service is still one of my favourites of the Prabhat Samgiit Collection, written with ink of the heart by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, the greatest Indian composer of the 20th century. Click here to listen to the album 'Who Else Will' version. The beautiful painting on the cover of the album is by George Azzopardi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4hWDRbafeo2020-08-1408 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment68/365 Singing 'Woman' For Baba in Jamaica, a poem by Rabindranath Tagore put to music68/365 I left NZ in 1979 on a trip to the UK. On the way I stopped in Los Angeles. After a week or two I heard Baba was coming to Jamaica, so I hopped on a plane to Jamaica. There I got to Meet Baba physically for the first time. I sang a song for Baba, called Woman, the lyrics are by Rabindranath Tagore. Click below to see that video on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qDDEdYxPn4&t=1106s2020-08-1310 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment67/365 Heres just a Little Rave About my day with Isabel and friends.67/365 My friend Tina Tourin wrote.. "I know what its like to hold soft innocence in your arms", which is exactly what I felt when I held my little one again after three weeks. It was a lovely day, with great company, great food, and high spirits.2020-08-1206 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment66/365 My little one is coming Home tomorrow on my Birthday!!What else to say.. Im getting the best present ever! Isabel, my daughter, is coming home tomorrow on my birthday! They have been away for three weeks in Czech visiting family. Click below to listen to Isabels song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrF9mQXROFw&feature=youtu.be2020-08-1103 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment64/365 A Happy Ending to our Online Kiirtan Course as Everyone Shares their Musical Soul..The End of our First Online Kiirtan Course - was really awesome, thanks to everyone who shared their sounds, their voice, their soul. Maybe in future we will have a Kiirtan version of the Global Talent Show). Click below to listen to Unity Hours. thank you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbd8or9C8Q&list=OLAK5uy_noW_l--_dcIphic45x_XaWcNzh8kif7oc. 2020-08-1004 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment64/365 How to experience something as mysterious as the Supra Aesthetic Science of Kiirtan without even knowing how..In this sixth session of the Online Kiirtan Academy Course, we were sharing stories and experiences about kiirtan, it was really lovely. Sometimes when doing something new, boundaries within are broken, and its possible to recognise that, yes, we are growing beyond what we've previously thought possible, its painful yet at the same time, painfully beautiful! Click here to listen to Cascading Tears Kiirtan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lrxw78y5-E2020-08-0909 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment63/365 Kiirtan Sequences.. Whats that?Tonight I talk a little about what can you do with the emotion that comes up when we are making and playing kiirtan and what is devotion? What goes into making a kiirtan sequence? Although I am talking about a new concept, it's old in the sense that kiirtaniyas do it whenever they choose kiirtans to play for half an hour or more in a row. Kiirtan sequences help us to choose which kiirtans to play that can weave together different strands of the dramatic devotional story. Click here to listen to Pradiip and me singing his divine kiirtan i...2020-08-0805 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment62/365 Kiirtan and Drums? It can be ecstatic or very painful...What to do when someone joins the kiirtan playing drums or tambourine and is in their own flow? Drumming is so important in kiirtan and in Rarh kiirtan groups have made one whole section just for the drum solo. Its called katan and its amazing!. Check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvLcXs7yh82020-08-0706 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment61/365 How to Increase Your Vocal Stamina in kiirtan Without Losing InspirationMany times we lose our voices when singing kiirtan because its quite strenuous if you are singing, dancing and playing the guitar continuously for over half an hour. But my training with Jagaranda was another incredible lesson in kiirtan voice training. Listen to the strength and beauty of Shiva Ranjani Raga off Red Earth Fusion, to hear a traditional Rarhi Kiirtan raga. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoL1Hrx9sa4 2020-08-0605 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment60/365 The Kiirtan Academy's Second Session on Rhythm and DanceSo tonight we gathered again, people from many different parts of the world to discuss the fundamentals of kiirtan and how we can improve our practice. I talked about the basic kiirtan rhythms of kiirtan that distinguishes it from other music genres, and about the ideation for lalita marmika kiirtan dance. We also had fun finding where to step on the first beat of the bar in time with different kiirtan tunes. Lalita showed us a very beautiful dance step based on Rarhi kiirtan, so that in future we can develop the dance form of kiirtan along with the...2020-08-0504 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment59/365 The First Session of the Kiirtan Academy Course- How it WentIt was wonderful to see people from different parts of the globe and to hear their kiirtans. I talked about Beliefs, Benefits and History of kiirtan and Amitabha talked about the many different voice ranges, its was fascinating. Click below to hear a very old recording of a kiirtan song I wrote in the 80'.s, thank you. https://youtu.be/Y4XG7i2saok2020-08-0403 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment58/365 How to launch a Kiirtan Academy and Why?In this podcast Didi Ananda Prama from Sunrise Education Trust and I speak about the Whys of Launching the Kiirtan Academy and the Online Course starting tomorrow. Click here to hear Tiny Green Island in three langauages: Portuguese, Spanish and English. Filmed in Brazil in 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5XH1YJ3yFA2020-08-0308 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment58/365 How to sing Tiny Green Island in Irish..Tonight Jiivan and I sing a song which could describe either Ireland or New Zealand or any small island. But in fact it has a much deeper meaning. Listen here. Thanks so much.2020-08-0214 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment57/365 How to Paint Kiirtan - Yuktesha in TaiwanToday I talk with Yuktesha from Taiwan, pronounced Juktesh who one day, out of the blue on FB, offered to design my CD covers for me. We talk bout his experience as a visual artist, a painter of mandalas, composer of kiirtans, and how it has been in Taiwan during COVID. 2020-07-3127 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment56/365 A Few of My favourite Kiirtan songsTonight I talk briefly about a few of my favourite Kiirtan songs (Pada Kiirtan), one in particular Ami Jedeke Takai. It is on the Dancing Divinity album recorded in 1999 after our performance at Sweetwaters Festival near Auckland. Click Below to Hear the Kiirtan on Sounds of Silence at 24:41. Thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlh53Toi9T8&t=1261s2020-07-3105 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment55/365 How to sing one syllable Sa..for over an hourI spent some time with Ashoka Dhar, a renowned Dhrpad singer living in Kolkata in 2005. We used to sit for over an hour and sing Sa... to the sound of the tamboura. Its mystical effect still woks today.. To Celebrate the 55th day I sing 'Who Else Will' a Prabhat Samgiit song. Click below, thanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4hWDRbafeo2020-07-3004 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment54/365 How to Make a Blissful Kiirtan REcordingToday I talk briefly about What goes into making a blissful recording of Kiirtan Chants.. is it the Experiences.. the People? or the greater purpose?. Click Here to see the Avarta Kiirtan I Album Launch in Whitegate, Co Clare, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_V_u0io14c&t=791s2020-07-2904 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment53/365 A Kiirtan Structure, Really? Isn't it free flowing and spontaneous?Today I talk about the fascinating structure beneath Rarhi Kiirtan that Tinku and I delved into, in our research into Rarhi Kiirtan... It was unknown to anyone outside the tradition until we managed to unravel its amazing secrets. Click below to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvLcXs7yh82020-07-2811 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment52/365 Kiirtan Dance and blind spotsToday I talk briefly about blind spots and find the beauty and intensity of Rarhi Kiirtan again. Click below to see it near the end of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBNsnnWjto2020-07-2704 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment51/365 Tinkuda and I - talk about what's saving the Covid situation there in Purulia, IndiaTinku (Sanjay Kumar Mahato) talks about Kiirtan and Covid- Tinku is my friend and has been my research partner since 1997 in India. I stay with his family whenever I go there to research kiirtan together. Today he talks about how it is believed that kiirtan can bring rain, cleanse the environment and heal heart and mind. The recorded sound is not good but I think you will get the good vibes if you listen to it and I try to give a few summaries. Click below (at 2;47) in this video you can see the landscape around Tinkus village. https://w...2020-07-2632 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment50/365 Kiirtan Rhythms and Ecstatic Dance50/365 Kiirtan Rhythms and Ecstatic Dance In this podcast I talk about the amazing khol drum rhythms and sounds in Rarhi Kiirtan. How this musical goldmine gave me the material and inspiration to prove absolutely that kiirtan is a music genre in its own right with its own central corpus of compositions/composers/and a very unique infrastructure. Click Below to see the most amazing Rarhi kiirtan group perform, a very senior kiirtan team, recorded during the Rarhi Kiirtan Competition that Sanjay Mahato and I organised from 2016-18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TPdZOCa_4E&t=136s2020-07-2510 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment49/365 Longing - and Why kiirtans are written from a Female PerspectiveToday I talk briefly about kiirtan literature - how incredibly subtle and sensual it is at the same time as you can hear in the Gitagovinda by Jayadeva for example, (11th century), how it reflects the potential within each of us to experience infinite love for the divine. Click below to listen to a song I write in this bhava or 'mood', called 'I Kiss Your Fingers' on Longing album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhR_SEDBThI&t=605s 2020-07-2409 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment48/36 Friends and Collaborators since 2004 -Erik (Amitabha) and IIn this interview I talk to Amitabha (Erik Azzopardi) as we prepare to teach the Kiirtan Course together. We have been friends since 2004 when we both arrived in London. Now we are embarking on a new venture, one we are very excited abou. oClick Below to LIsten to' Mermaid', a song on UNity Hours II album, with Amitabha playing a beautful piano part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUIwDMoCGg
the Mermaid Kiirtan is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDMmamKgD60 2020-07-2328 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment47/365 Launching the Kiirtan Academy on August 1stHow to manifest a dream without giving up - its been a dream of mine to have a Kiirtan Academy but it could only happen after huge personal struggle and transformation2020-07-2205 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment46/365 Irish travelling kiirtan - Jiivan and I talk about Avarta Kiirtan 1Jiivan and I talk about how we recorded Avarta Kiirtan 1 at sunrise Farm in County Clare, Ireland. It was a very collective /collaborative project!2020-07-2127 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment45/365 How to do the Kiirtan Dance and be throbbing in EcstasyKiirtan Dance is not as common in the west as it is in the East. But how many of us have fallen in love watching someone dance...how important is it to be able to be in the Flow and feeling Bliss. Click the link to see Rarhi Kiirtan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvLcXs7yh8 2020-07-2010 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment44/ 365 How to Manifest Your Wildest Dreams without Taming the Spirit.Today I interview Christina Tourin, Celtic Harp player, composer and leader of the International Harp Therapy Programme. We talk about her vision and how she started manifesting it firstly in one small city in Vermont, then watching it grow exponentially year after year to become the most successful harp Therapy programme in the world. WE also talk about her experience playing on the album Touched by The Sea together in Vermont. Expand the Dialogue Box and click the link to hear Tina and I play together. Thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0zCPy5nxE2020-07-1938 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment43/365 How Much do Qualifications Matter when You want to Run a Course/Workshop?What Qualification do I think I have to be giving this Kiirtan Course?. Today I share an experience I had with my guru and the events in my life that happened after that. To hear the music click on the link below. It's of a friend, Dharma singing 'You are Mine' in Portuguese, but its really about sharing the spiritual journey with others and meaningful collaborations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr3WFtCuqus2020-07-1806 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment42/365 How to Be Ready for the Online Kiirtan Course and Not have to Wait!I am excited and can't wait for it to begin. I am so looking forward to sharing with you my research and experience, so am launching my Online Kiirtan Course, Transform Your Kiirtan- Transform Your life..in a few days.. Are you Ready? Will you Come? I am definitely going to be there :) Expan he dialogue box to click the link below on the Shiva Gajan festival - rare footage of a Tantric Devotional Ceremony of Rarh, dedicated to Shiva. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXw8YKMpUp0&t=78s2020-07-1712 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment41/365 How to Break Your Heart But Be Full of Love - An Interview with Acarya CirasmitaToday I talk with Acarya Cirasmita from Vermont, USA, about her work with AMURTEL. She talks about the children in the AMURTEL CHildrens home. stories that will break your heart but stitch it up again full of love when you hear what she has to say.. Plus a little reminiscing about recording 'Touched by The Sea' album together in Vermont. Expand the Dialogue Box to Listen to 'How Can I say Goodbye' song. thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5W33HGT0yg2020-07-1629 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment35/365 From How to Follow the 'System' and Gain More Self Knowledge Than I could Ever have ImaginedToday I share one very personal experience with my spiritual teacher, (who I call affectionately, Baba) when Baba said something very profound to me..Please click the link below to listen to Dharma Kiirtan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqwilnQEhpE2020-07-1507 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment40/365 Spearheading RAWA -From Music to Basketball to Kiirtan - RajatakrishnaToday I interview Rajatakrishna, a superb musician and friend from Argentina. We have worked together on four major projects, 'Red Earth Fusion' album (Rajatakrishna was the sound engineer), two Brazilian performance tours and 'Kiirtan Live in Brazil' (recorded together). He is also spearheading the RAWA movement (Renaissance Artists and Writers Association) in Argentina and Brazil with his Online Global Concerts that feature a diverse range of artists from all around the world. Expand the dialogue box to listen to 'Oh Divine Mother' recorded in Brazil, in 2011. Thank you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbtqH2y6OU4 2020-07-1425 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment39/365 How do you sing only one mantra and still create a really diverse Kiirtan Concert39/365 Sometimes it takes some creative thinking to satisfy others needs and yet not compromise ones own. So in making a diverse kiirtan concert I found I could stitch together 'Threads of Bliss' in a kiirtan style and hence sing only one mantra. Click the link below t Listen to Anand Sutram Part 1. The Creation Cycle, the Tantric philosophy of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. Expand the Dialogue Box and Click Below to listen to Ananda Sutram.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NcPFYc_gmU&t=260s2020-07-1312 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment38/365 How Music Builds Bridges between Hearts and NationsMy special guest today is Anjali Silva, a brilliant singer/songwriter/kiirtaniya living in Olympia Washington, USA. We discuss Anjali's background in Latin American music, her kiirtan protection story and her experiences recording 'Red Earth Fusion Kiirtan' album together, among other things. click below for links of us playing together in 2008 and a track from Red Earth Fusion titled Shiva Ranjani Rarg kiirtan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsSTVY_X76g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoL1Hrx9sa4&list=OLAK5uy_mjPKRaWH3cFXMQ8wDmlYMcx7jk73Z2_-s2020-07-1229 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment37/365 Three BIG Mistakes a Kiirtaniya should Avoid at All CostsThree Big Mistakes a Kiirtaniya should Avoid at All Costs but which taught me some very important lessons.
Surrender Kiirtan: written in the early days in Australia at Yoga Lifestyle Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnp1cVV1v02020-07-1107 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment36/365 How my environment reflects my state of mind36/365 I am now surrounded by deep red poppies when it used to be Japanese knotweed. In this process of moving from grief to motivation or nothingness to empowerment I find myself at a bit of a plateau at least for the moment. Click below to listen to Plateau (at 6:30), written in Vermont, USA at Cirasmita and Giridhara's place many years ago. Click below to listen to Plateau (6:30 mins).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhR_SEDBThI&t=2102s2020-07-1004 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment34/365 How Friends Become FamilyHow friends become family when you love what you are doing together - Michael Lloyd and I. Michael and I have known each other since the late 90s. Michael is a musician, writer and producer, and presently works for TVNZ on 'Shortland Street', among other things. His family, Sarah, Amelie and Sofia, and mine are very close and I am god -mother to his daughter Amelie. We have made more than 7 albums together. Today we chat about his musical tastes, his new play 'Small Town' showing in Paekakariki on the 15th July and about recording and mixing the album 'So...2020-07-0827 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentThree Secret Ingredients for protecting Oneself During Covid33/365 During this time, I find myself using Three very Powerful Tools to Protect myself and others during Covid. Listen to some uplifting kiirtan at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmP_FbypLRc&list=PLOk7i-zvC-Es8GmgP6AT4R9ysWjqR7BSN 2020-07-0708 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment32/365 Really excited about sharing my kiirtan collection with you very soon!Really excited about sharing my kiirtan collection with you..very soon! Coming from a serious rock bottom, to getting motivated again and finding my directions again is what its all about for me now. Click below to hear Puri Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynaVgxbXx-8&list=OLAK5uy_kGVYr2eSvO5_1gWic1nJ5VcH8Zyit1kj82020-07-0605 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment31/365 What are the three biggest misconceptions that I have heard about people who meditate?Love- Consciousness what is it? Today I talk briefly about my experience with the three biggest misconceptions Ive heard about people who meditate? and whats the role of music and kiirtan for a meditator? Expand the dialogue box and click below to hear the song Consciousness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1cQQjHgPIU2020-07-0505 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentFeeling Wasted but Fulfilled?30/365 - Three Gigs in one day - I recount my very busy, but fulfilling day today- its been non stop, so I ask myself is it too much? probably but I am very grateful for the opportunity to connect with others. Expand the Dialogue Box and Click Link Below to Listen to Sohni Raga Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFn__tKaVYs&list=OLAK5uy_mjPKRaWH3cFXMQ8wDmlYMcx7jk73Z2_-s2020-07-0404 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment29/365 What Kiirtan Expresses - this Musical Diary of my Life and LoveWhat Kiirtan Expresses and How it's About Sharing that Specialness thats in each of us, and the world's Just is waiting for. Click Below to listen to: Cascading Tears Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lrxw78y5-E2020-07-0304 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentWhy Wait? Heres some Kiirtan Juicy Bits..28/365. So I have been working on a Kiirtan Presentation for the Path Of Bliss Online Retreat and heres some conclusions, some Kiirtan Juicy Bits, so you don't have to wait! Expand the Dialogue Box and Click the link Below to Hear Tiny Green Island in Irish and English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xBNtXo1qE2020-07-0206 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow Kiirtan Can Radicalise Your LIfeKiirtan leaders are often stereotyped as being spaced out hippies. But if you look back at history you can see that the kiirtan leaders of the 11th to 16th centuries like Jayadeva, Chandidas and Caitanya.. were really radical!
Click here to hear a Kiirtan from Era Dynamic (2001) .. with scratching.. full drum kit and lots of other effects. (9.19)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcXYI8hNVtA&t=558s2020-07-0106 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To Empowerment'Spirit Voices' - How to be Inspired by Indigenous Peoples Music26/365 Today I briefly discuss my connection with indigenous peoples music - Richard Nunns, Hirini Melbourne, James Webster, Horomona Horo and many others, are Taonga Puoro Experts (sacred Instruments of the Maori). Their sounds resonate with spirituality of Aotearoa, New Zealand, and send out reminders of where we all come from, the one earth and spiritual homeland that we all share. Click the link below to listen to Spirit Voices (from Unity Hours III). I would really appreciate it if you would leave comments and feedback, thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV7gaixQheQ2020-06-3007 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentSerial Kiirtan or Non Serial Kiirtan, which is it to be?25/365 Serial Kiirtan or Non Serial Kiirtan, which is it to be? A controversial subject for some.
Heres Grace Kiirtan, that came to me when Didi was away and her loving dog Grace became very unwell.
Click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5GlBC_g9M
This kiirtan is on the Kiirtan Guitar Booklet, available on Amazon. 2020-06-2906 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow To Expand Your Connections and Give Back... Without Giving UP!24/365 I am talking about the Online Global RAWA Concert I performed at this evening (Kavita joined me on Percussion) And Something I am very Excited about -A new Course I am giving 21 Days from now, Called 'Transform Your Kiirtan- Transform Your Life!' Click the Link Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMwFsU_XOA42020-06-2809 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow Missing My Busking Pitch Saved My LifeHow Victory Kiirtan was written and How I missed my Busking Pitch one day in the London Underground.. the very place and time when the London Bombing took place. Click the Link Below to listen to Victory Kiirtan. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbP2N-NWsao2020-06-2704 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentFriendship- Personal and Divine22/365 Today I talk about my friend Brendan and busking down in the London Underground. I share a song that has been going round and round in my head the past few days, called 'In My Life I am Yours', dedicated to my Divine Friend 2020-06-2609 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentThe Three Biggest Misconceptions about Kiirtan?21/365 The Three Biggest Misconceptions about Kiirtan? Many people think that kiirtan is just some spontaneous devotional expression for example but if you ever go to Rarh and experience a traditional Kiirtan group perform you may be very surprised with what you discover.
Click the Link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDAWI9b1kU2020-06-2508 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentKiirtan Blues? Really??20/365 Kiirtan Blues - In todays podcast I am talking about how its possible to hear different styles and expressions in Kiirtan, some soulful, some very deep, some light, some joyful some soulful, so why is that?
Click here for Jhorchuta Raga Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=droh0fE5o-U2020-06-2404 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow the song 'You are Mine' Came to me (when I really needed it)19/365 Here I briefly tell the story of how the song 'You are Mine' came about one day in London walking up the stairs at Morley Train station. It didnt take days or even hours to write.. it literally took about 5 minutes..
Listen to it here Live in Brazil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_UroWfA1A2020-06-2304 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHonouring My Father on Fathers Day!And Especially Those of You Whose Father is not Present at this time. I tell the story of how, when I went to India to visit my spiritual teacher, affectionately called Baba, with my friend Kumudinii and her son who was only three years old, Babas response was very surprising!
Click this link to listen to Anand Sutram Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dydUUHDODMY&feature=youtu.be
2020-06-2206 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow to Feel Bliss After Your Kiirtan (Even If you don't Feel it During)17/365 Today I talk briefly about How Kiirtan can benefit your meditation, or 'concentrated thinking'. I realise that some people do kiirtan only and some only meditation, but whatever you do, kiirtan will bring profound benefits to your life. Here I share three powerful ways that kiirtan can aid your meditation.
Click here for 'You are Not Alone Kiirtan'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOczI36N--Q
Artwork By Yuktesha 2020-06-2107 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow to Be A Failure and Still Be A Success - Finding the Success you Need Rather Than the Success You Want16/365. Today I talk about our venture out to the Beach (after being 2 months in Lockdown) and Realising ON the Way, Oh NO! I have Kiirtan commitment But Had Forgotten To Bring My guitar! What to Do?
Click Here to Listen to the Irish Kiirtans we were singing today (In My Kiirtan Guitar Booklet)
Irish Travelling Kiirtan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvXn4lN1VH4
For Grace Kiirtan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV5GlBC_g9M2020-06-2007 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentHow to Love a Song even if You dont know what it means?The Shiva Song Vajra Kathora - This amazing song from Prabhat Samgiita Collection was written by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar. I love the unusual rhythms of it and the enchanting melody, and the powerful effect that this raga has on me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxcNvXSOl7M2020-06-1904 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentMystical Story About Shiva Playing the Vina in the Forest Music - A Bedtime StoryToday I am reading a mystical story by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar about the music of Shiva who played the vina in the palash Forest. One day while Prabhat was walking he could hear someone playing the vina so beautifully in the distance.. he searched and found the unknown musician and the two of them had a conversation.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoL1Hrx9sa4
Shiva Ranjani Raga by Jyoshna and Sisters (Red Earth Fusion Album) 2020-06-1817 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentKiirtan along the Gypsy Trail - Travelling From Rarh in India To Andalucia13/365 In this Episode I talk about my experience in Rarh at Ananda Nagar the "city of Bliss' How when sitting and mediating on one Tantra Pith, 'Seat Where someone had attained Realisation', I saw in my minds eye a group of travelling musicians singing this particular melody. This melody became the Kiirtan 'Tantra Pith I', on the' Sounds of Silence' Album and is included in the Kiirtan Guitar Booklet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRixErSHLc Tantra Pith I Kiirtan 2020-06-1707 min
Jyoshna - From Nothingness To EmpowermentJYoshna's OFA (One Funnel Away Challenge) Origin StoryFrom Nothingness to Reality to Empowerment -
From the view point of a Spiritualist/Musician/ LBGT/ Co Parent
This is a very brief yet honest story about how I came to be where I am today, what I've been through to get here, and what I am excited about right now. 2020-06-0421 min