How to Cook Delicious Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes the Alternative Way ..Just imagine.. Candied Sweet Potatoes, Baked Nut Loaf with Vegan Gravy, Corn Bread Stuffing as a Main. Then for Dessert - Pumpkin Pie and Pekan Pie with Vegan cream - Were we in Heaven?? Really... Just get out your pens and scribble these scrumptious recipes down for your next Thanksgiving dinner, you wont regret it! Join Didi Ananda Prama, our expert chef in Sentient vegan gluten free cooking, as she shares these nuggets with you today!  To end this podcast I sing a kiirtan I wrote in the Canaries, I think... 

Listen to MIirabaii speak about here childhood experiences with music - how so many of us are thwarted in our musical development when we are growing up by insensitive comments. But, it doesn't stop us, the music and dance, it lives on! She also speaks about, how inspiring the local Women's Chorus she joined is, that it's like a village or Big Family, where the participants always find something supportive to say to each other.  Lastly she peaks about her experience at the Kiirtan academy and also a very blissful experience she had doing kiirtan. 

Tonight we talk briefly about Maetri's inspiring experiences at LFT Yogic Training and the Kiirtan Academy Week long Kiirtan Course.  Maetri is from Newfoundland in Canada and is now living at Sunrise and involved in lots of activities on the farm including her film projects.  We end by singing a newish kiirtan that I wrote at Sunrise and called Longing Heart Kiirtan.     

Kavita talks briefly about the use of drums in western kiirtan,  about the sacred connection between  a drummer and her drum, and playing together with the singer, not just as an accompanist but as a collaborator. She also plays the three basic kiirtan rhythms for us, then I play a gentle kiirtan to end the session. 

Talking tonight about Kiirtan Sequences -the internal story line going on inside when singing kiirtan and secret associations that no one could ever guess.  I am singing the sequence- Kiirtan for Dad, Do I Exist and Ananda Sutram Kiirtan- because they tell stories about NZ for me.  Why don't you create a kiirtan sequence too and share it with me? 

Its been four days now of connecting with people from different part of the world to share the experiences on a subject very dear to our hearts - Kiirtan.  We are exploring new and traditional ways of developing the voice, dance and instrumental music from within a tradition that is so rich we could go on forever!  AT the end I share a kiirtan for someone in our community who passed away recently. BNK

Madhumita and I speak her transformational experiences recently in her life and music. These experiences have her feeling empowered and in a spiritual flow. WE end with her playing a kiirtan on piano and singing 'Baba Nam kevalam 'Love is all there is'. 

I talk briefly about the First session of the Second Online Kiirtan Course.  There is so much diversity at the Kiirtan Academy, or should I say, diversity in Unity, and something there for everyone! I end the talk with an old kiirtan I wrote at Yoga Training in Australia years ago. Dada Nabhaniilananda recorded it not knowing I wrote it, so here it is, the original!.  

Listening to my Unity Hours III Kiirtan album I feel very happy with it. I am very grateful for the opportunity to share it with you all soon and want to say thank you to Michael Lloyd for mixing it and his family for being so amazing!. Thanks also to the musicians who played on it, Kapil for the photos, Kavita for the artwork, my dear family, and friends who contributed in many significant ways, and of course, Baba my Spiritual teacher for so much inspiration. I could never have done it alone!

Tonight Didi Ananda Prama shares her wonderful recipes for Diipavali.. One of the favourites from West Africa is the delicious and very nutritious Peanut Soup.  Then I sing the Diiipavali song from Prabhat Samgiit.