It's wonderful to speak to Anandii again as she shares her experiences with being part of the organising committee for the upcoming ProutSisters Retreat July 17 - 18 online. With three speakers from the Navdanya 'Conserving diversity and reclaiming commons' and others, its likely to be a brilliant event. Anandii ends with a beautiful kiirtan she recently composed. Find out more:https://proutsisters.com/

Nkhil Creates Art with the intention of Truth and Service -  and his paintings are being Exhibited at La Galleria, Pall Mall until the 14th of July.  In this podcast he speaks about integration, simplicity, truth, honesty, falling in love with art, dropping vibrational bombs and his very exciting journey as an artist. He ends with a wonderful kiirtan he wrote during LFT (Local Full time training), yoga lifestyle training. See more here: https://www.royalartsprize.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cQEIp-H1CRNwhYUvpwRzd2DpseRoBp8xPlvcmOvmQvnHaid_ypt8r_fI 

Aaron stayed at the farm recently and helped us record the third Avarta Kiirtan album, singing and playing oud and gembri (African bass instrument) on  it. He and Saskia sang the vocal harmonies. Then he embarked on a whole new phase in his life by going to work in Sicily as a volunteer in an inspiring social service project for teenagers.  He is so inspired that he decided to stay there and work as an LFT (Local Full time volunteer in Ananda Marga) in September. Meanwhile he is also writing beautiful songs and kiirtans. Listen to one here.     

Govinda's spiritual/social journey is fascinating - from being a vegetarian at an early age, an engineer, climber, diver, being at the forefront of various service projects, such as the purchase of the jagriti (yoga Centre), "Food For all" (Health food shop), and soup kitchens in London. He is also a practitioner of microvita meditation given personally by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. In this podcast Govinda here recalls the history of Ananda Marga in London region and ends with some beautiful spiritual stories. I end with playing a kiirtan recording of the late Divyamshu, which Govinda loves. 

The RAWA Global events (beginning in May 2020 to the present) bring a feeling of connection, of friendship, that we are not alone anywhere in the universe, says Dadao. This inspiration is so much needed these days. He started with encouraging his friends to just use their phones on this FB platform to perform and share all forms of art, dance, music and drama, etc, online in a very supportive environment. The last concert included Carolina Wajnerman, singer/song writer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I end with a short kiirtan that Dadao sang but due to sound issues I cut it short, and added a recording of his kiirtan, we recorded together on my Brazil album  in 2011 .   

Tonight I opened the book Light Comes' at some random page and it opened at page 158 and so I read the quote. It was perfect, so I shared it. At the end I sing one kiirtan from Unity Hours II, called 'The Letter kiirtan' available on all music media platforms. 

Jiivan is always a joy to chat with, he really has a way with words, the gift of the gab you could say. So tonight we break some stereotypes people might have about Irish summer, then about how the first open Mic Kiirtan Night went, the new album coming up, the Covid situation in Ireland and much more. I end with the Irish Travelling Kiirtan, available on all music media and the collection at  https://jyoshnaad5185.clickfunnels.com/sales-pagef4j7tl4c

Niitimayii works for Meditation Steps that is in Russian and English, a channel dedicated to revealing the essence of Yoga. She is passionate about Spreading Kiirtan all over the globe, and she is doing it! Listen her inspirational stories and kiirtan,   

Didi Ananda Manika was in London from 2005 -the present day, when I was doing a PhD there. She is a very loving, humble and wise person with a very intimate relationship with Baba. We are inspired by her courage, caring nature and devotion in so many ways. In this podcast Didi shares her experiences as a child growing up in a Margii family during the Emergency when Baba was in jail. She also shares how she went for training to become a yogic nun at a very young age. The way she overcame so many challenges such as shyness, is deeply moving. I end with the song Tumi Kathay that we recorded together in London with the RAWA group around 2008. 

What can anyone expect visiting the guru for the first time in India? No matter how high my expectations were, what I received exceeded anything I could have imagined. I had three transformational experiences, the last being, placing my first cassette, called Occen into Babas hands. I also want to welcome everyone to our first open Mic Kiirtan Nite on Saturday, at 8pm Irish time. I end by sharing a song from Occen called 'Weak for the Want of You' soon to be available on Spotify and presently available on Innersong.US