2020 – Live music and group singing may be on hold, but it’s not forever.
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2020 – While we’re patiently waiting the return to in person sessions and live music events, we’re also recovering from bilateral wrist and hand surgery. To make the best use of this time, we’re working on our music (at home) on i108 music videos and Tambura Dreams. i108 videos were made entirely on an iPhone7 and are posted to our YouTube channel linked below. Thanks for subscribing to our music channel!
2018 +19 – Updates: I accepted an invitation to visit India to experience the Pushtimarga Sampradaya. I didn’t realize it at the time, this was my final opportunity to travel abroad before my health got worse. Long distance travel isn’t as accessible for me anymore but I’m grateful to have traveled so much, especially to India, helping me gain such specific perspective on so many things that I would not have even known about otherwise.
I also started attending online satsang + translation sessions with Vallbhdasji, who hosts satsang and translates some incredible poetry, songs and stories from the Pushti lineage. These deep dives have referenced some extraordinary art! Vdas often shares memories and stories of his time in India with his teachers, friends, and we often hear recordings from his mentor, the late, great Shyamdas. We gather online to listen together, Vdas, along with his wife Jenna ji and the cats, we’re often mesmerized by the translations and the songs in the tradition of “Inner Goddess” philosophy which emphasizes all souls as feminine.