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NEWS AND EVENTS: OCT 07
September 30, 2007
Dear friends,
I hope this finds you well. I had a wonderful experience at
Kripalu Center for Yoga and the Health in the Berkshires
and I am getting ready to go to on Tuscon, Arizona, next
week and from there on to Windber, Pennsylvania. Here is
the information. I hope that you can join me or let friends
in the area know about these events. Information is also
posted on the events page on our site.
At the bottom of this newsletter is a review that appears
in the current (fall) issue of Light of Consciousness:
Journal of Spiritual Awakening, titled "The Mind, Our
Greatest Journey." (Volume 19, #3), and I share some
thoughts with you about this fine spiritual journal.
www.light-of-consciousness.org
Wishing you the very best,
In One Spirit,
Russill
OCT 5 - 6: ANJALI YOGA AND DAYSPA IN TUSCON, AZ
An Evening of Ecstatic Kirtan
Friday, October 5, 2007 | 7:00-9:00pm
A One-Day Healing Retreat
Saturday, October 6, 2007 | 9:00am-Noon &2:00-5:00pm
http://www.anjaliyoga.com/
What better place to rest, heal and rejuvenate than a day
spa run by yogis. Anjali Yoga and Day Spa in Tuscon, AZ is
precisely such a place, with dedicated yoga instructors
steeped in the practice of Kundalini yoga and other forms.
During this special event, you can expect to rejuvenate on
the inside. Chant can act as a form of deep, inner massage
and sound, as you well know, is capable of moving energy
for sound is energy. Combining relaxation techniques
together with mediations and breath work, we will allow the
healing power of chant to do its deep work.
Cost: Kirtan | $18 in advance | $21 at door
Healing Retreat | $120 for the day | $65 drop-in per
session
info@anjali.com (Note: Use of this email requires that you
respond to a challenge/response email to mitigate spam.)
Phone: 520.623.0913
Location: One half block west of fourth avenue at 330 East
Seventh Street in Tucson, Arizona.
OCT 26 - 27: INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, WINDBER, PA
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF SOUND IN HEALTH AND HEALING
Friday, Oct 26: Evening presentation at the Arcadia
Theater, 7:30 to 9 pm
Saturday, October 27: all day workshop at Windber Research
Institute
This all day workshop is for musicians, health-care givers,
yoga practitioners and instructors, spiritual practitioners
and leaders, etc.
About the Institute of Integrative Medicine at Windber
Medical Center: WMC is one of the premier sites in the U.S.
offering a combination of alternative health care in close
conjunction with traditional western medicine. This
Planetree hospital is dedicated to patient-centered
innovations in healthcare delivery that focus on mind, body
and spirit. Since 2001, they opened the Windber Research
Institute, which has employed leading scientists in the
fields of functional genomics, proteomics and experimental
therapeutics.
Learn more at http://www.windbercare.com/
LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS: MAGAZINE REVIEW
This is really an excellent spiritual magazine and I
recommend subscription to it if you have not already. The
magazine is published thrice a year from Tucson, Arizona,
by a wonderful spiritual community founded by an Indian
teacher, Swami Amar Jyoti, who is no longer with them in
the body, but most certainly in spirit. This extraordinary
man had a profound and brilliant mind and every issue of
the magazine features a short section of his profound
wisdom. What is wonderful about the magazine is the way it
is laid out with excellent artwork and high quality
content. The classified section is reserved for the rear
section of the magazine and even that is beautifully done.
I also wrote an extensive article on mantra for them that
was featured in their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Meditation and Mantra issue (Volume 18, #3), that
was published last fall and is available for back order
purchase through their website:
www.light-of-consciousness.org
THE YOGA OF SOUND
Shabda Yoga, Shakti Yoga, Bhava Yoga
by Russill Paul
Three CD set, three hours
Copyright 2000 The Relaxation Company
$26.99, www.therelaxationcompany.com
Reviewed in “The Mind, Our Greatest Journey,” the fall
issue of Light of Consciousness: Journal of Spiritual
Awakening (Volume 19, #3). www.light-of-consciousness.org
These recordings by Russill Paul are a remarkable effort to
disseminate the power and practice of mantras from his
decades of studying Nada Yoga. Their talents and expertise
of musicians steeped in classical Indian music give a
genuine experience the power of mantras and devotional
chanting. Shabda Yoga came from the earliest phase of the
yoga of sound from the Vedic, approximately 2500 to 500
B.C.E. The Shabda Yoga CD-- "a masculine approach to sound"
includes the Vedic mantras: Rudram (an ancient name of
Shiva) from the Yajur Veda, Lokah Samastha (a chant for
wholeness), Asato Ma (a chant to direct energy), the
Gayatri and Taiterreya from the Upanishads. Each mantra is
recited in the traditional manner with soft background
instruments and nature sounds to enlighten the experience.
Bhava Yoga, the second CD in this series, comes from the
bhakti (devotion) movement that evolve in India around the
14th century. Mystical tunes and devotional chants arose
from the Bhakti Yoga tradition with a strong emphasis on
love of God. "Chanting," writes Russill Paul, "it involves
breath, heart, and the spirit, and we all come fully
prepared to participate.” The album focuses on simple
repetitive songs sung in call and response like much of the
kirtan chanting her today. An invocation to Vishnu is
followed by blissful chants to Krishna, Kali (The Great
Goddess), the Shiva and Rama.
Shakti Yoga is the path of sacred sound developed within
the Tantric tradition of yoga, which seeks to bring the
forces of nature into harmony and fulfillment within the
body. These mantras help us change our energy patterns to
higher consciousness. In this CD, Russill Paul gives
specific instructions to maximize the experience of each
mantra including mudras (hand gestures), pranayama
(breathing exercises) and movement. The CD includes Om
Namah Shiva, Devi Mantras, Bija Mantras, Tantric Mantras
and a track of Swara Yoga-- the seven musical intervals or
do-re-me of Indian ragas to experience the rise of energy
and meditation. A definitive immersion for the neophyte as
well as those who already practice mantra meditation. To learn about terms and conditions regarding our products and services, please view our Company Policies Copyright 1998 to 2008, Russill Paul and Guha Soulworks LLC. For all permissions, contact guha2000@cs.com All Yogic Mystery School content, structure and design is protected by copyright and trademark. All rights reserved.
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